196Minister may give information etc. to other Ministers

196 Minister may give information etc. to other Ministers (1) The Minister may give to another Minister or to a Minister of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory— (a) any information contained in a document to which this Division applies that has been given to the Minister; and (b) any cores or cuttings from, or samples of, the subsoil in an area, or samples of petroleum recovered in an area, that have been given to the Minister. (2) The Minister may only give information, cores, cuttings or samples to another Minister or to a Minister of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory under subsection (1) in accordance with an arrangement between them that includes a provision restricting the release by that Minister of the information, cores, cuttings or samples to circumstances in which it might be released by the Minister under this Act.