28Use or disclosure for administering Acts or rules or for agricultural research or policy development etc.

28 Use or disclosure for administering Acts or rules or for agricultural research or policy development etc.

Administration of Acts or rules or monitoring compliance with this Act or rules (1) An entrusted person may use or disclose relevant levy/charge information in the course of or for the purposes of: (a) administering this Act or the rules or monitoring compliance with this Act or the rules; or (b) assisting another person to administer this Act or the rules or monitor compliance with this Act or the rules; or (c) administering the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024 or the rules under that Act; or (d) assisting another person to administer the Primary Industries Levies and Charges Disbursement Act 2024 or the rules under that Act. Agricultural research or the development of agricultural policy (2) An entrusted person may use or disclose relevant levy/charge information for the purposes of agricultural research or the development of agricultural policy or both. Performing functions of ABARES (3) An entrusted person who is an ABARES staff member may use or disclose relevant levy/charge information in the course of or for the purposes of: (a) the performance of any of the functions of the part of the Department known as the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences; or (b) assisting another person to perform any of those functions. Exception (4) Subsection (2) or (3) does not apply to the disclosure of personal information.