QLDIn ForceAct
Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017
sec.62Provision of information or assistance by chief executive or ONRSR
Start here
Get a plain-English read of sec.62
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Rail Safety National Law (Queensland) Act 2017.
### sec.62 Provision of information or assistance by chief executive or ONRSR
Despite any other Act or law, the chief executive is authorised, on the chief executive’s own initiative or at the request of ONRSR, to provide ONRSR with—
any information (including personal information and information given in confidence) in the possession or control of the chief executive reasonably required by ONRSR for administering this Act or the national law; and
any other assistance reasonably required by ONRSR to perform a function, or exercise a power, under this Act or that law.
Despite any other Act or law, the chief executive may authorise ONRSR to disclose information provided under subsection (1) even if the information was given to the chief executive in confidence.
Despite any other Act or law, ONRSR is authorised, on ONRSR’s own initiative or at the request of the chief executive, to provide the chief executive with—
any information (including personal information and information given in confidence) in the possession or control of ONRSR reasonably required by the chief executive for administering this Act; and
any other assistance reasonably required by the chief executive to perform a function, or exercise a power, under this Act.
Despite any other Act or law, ONRSR may authorise the chief executive to disclose information provided under subsection (3) even if the information was given to ONRSR in confidence.
Nothing done, or authorised to be done, by the chief executive in acting under subsection (1) or (2) or ONRSR in acting under subsection (3) or (4) —
constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or
constitutes a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or
constitutes a breach of a duty of confidence, whether arising by contract, in equity or by custom or in any other way; or
constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or
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
releases a surety or any other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.
In this section—
personal information means information or an opinion, including information or an opinion forming part of a database, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be found out, from the information or opinion.
(sec.62-ssec.1) Despite any other Act or law, the chief executive is authorised, on the chief executive’s own initiative or at the request of ONRSR, to provide ONRSR with— any information (including personal information and information given in confidence) in the possession or control of the chief executive reasonably required by ONRSR for administering this Act or the national law; and any other assistance reasonably required by ONRSR to perform a function, or exercise a power, under this Act or that law.
(sec.62-ssec.2) Despite any other Act or law, the chief executive may authorise ONRSR to disclose information provided under subsection (1) even if the information was given to the chief executive in confidence.
(sec.62-ssec.3) Despite any other Act or law, ONRSR is authorised, on ONRSR’s own initiative or at the request of the chief executive, to provide the chief executive with— any information (including personal information and information given in confidence) in the possession or control of ONRSR reasonably required by the chief executive for administering this Act; and any other assistance reasonably required by the chief executive to perform a function, or exercise a power, under this Act.
(sec.62-ssec.4) Despite any other Act or law, ONRSR may authorise the chief executive to disclose information provided under subsection (3) even if the information was given to ONRSR in confidence.
(sec.62-ssec.5) Nothing done, or authorised to be done, by the chief executive in acting under subsection (1) or (2) or ONRSR in acting under subsection (3) or (4) — constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or constitutes a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or constitutes a breach of a duty of confidence, whether arising by contract, in equity or by custom or in any other way; or constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or 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 releases a surety or any other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.
(sec.62-ssec.6) In this section— personal information means information or an opinion, including information or an opinion forming part of a database, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be found out, from the information or opinion.
- (a) any information (including personal information and information given in confidence) in the possession or control of the chief executive reasonably required by ONRSR for administering this Act or the national law; and
- (b) any other assistance reasonably required by ONRSR to perform a function, or exercise a power, under this Act or that law.
- (a) any information (including personal information and information given in confidence) in the possession or control of ONRSR reasonably required by the chief executive for administering this Act; and
- (b) any other assistance reasonably required by the chief executive to perform a function, or exercise a power, under this Act.
- (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.