158Provision of information and assistance by the Safety Director to the Regulator

158 Provision of information and assistance by the Safety Director to the Regulator

(1) On and after the commencement day, the Safety Director is authorised, on his or her own initiative or at the request of the Regulator—

(a) to provide the Regulator with such information (including information given in confidence) in the possession or control of the Safety Director that is reasonably required by the Regulator or for the purposes of the Law and this Act; and

(b) to provide the Regulator with such other assistance as is reasonably required by the Regulator to perform a function or duty or exercise a power conferred or imposed under the Law and this Act.

(2) In subsection (1), information includes health information and personal information collected by the Safety Director in the exercise or performance of a function or power under the RS Act.

(3) Nothing done, or authorised to be done, by the previous regulator in acting under subsection (1)—

(a) constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or

(b) constitutes a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or

(c) constitutes a breach of a duty of confidence (whether arising by contract, in equity or by custom) or in any other way; or

(d) constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or

(e) terminates an agreement or obligation or fulfils any condition that allows a person to terminate an agreement or obligation, or gives rise to any other right or remedy; or

(f) releases a surety or any other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.

(4) This section applies despite any other Act or law (other than the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006).

(5) In this section—

health information has the meaning given in section 3(1) of the Health Records Act 2001;

S. 158(5) def. of personal information amended by No. 60/2014 s. 140(Sch. 3 item 40).

personal information has the meaning given in section 3(1) of the Health Records Act 2001 and section 3 of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.

Pt 8 (Headings and ss 159–213) inserted by No. 41/2019 s. 19.