Prices Surveillance Act 1983
51Obligations of secrecy
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51 Obligations of secrecy
(1) Despite the repeal of the repealed Act, the provisions of section 36 of the repealed Act continue to operate in relation to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was a person to whom that section applied. (2) Section 36 of the repealed Act, as continued in operation by subsection (1), does not prohibit:
(a) the transfer of records to the Commission; or
(b) a person from divulging or communicating information or producing a document to:
(i) a member or associate member;
(ii) a member of the staff of the Commission; or
(iii) an officer of the Department.
(3) Section 34A of the Prices Justification Act 1973, as continued in operation by subsection 234(1) of the Statutes Review Act, does not prohibit:
(a) the transfer of records to the Commission; or
(b) a person from divulging or communicating information or producing a document (being information or a document relating to the supply of goods or services) to:
(i) a member or associate member;
(ii) a member of the staff of the Commission; or
(iii) an officer of the Department.