66Information may be disclosed to specified persons or bodies

66 Information may be disclosed to specified persons or bodies (1) This Division does not prevent the ESC, or a person authorised by the ESC, from divulging or communicating information to— (a) the Minister; or S. 66(1)(b) amended by No. 23/2009 s. 35(4)(a). (b) AEMO; or S. 66(1)(c) repealed by No. 23/2009 s. 35(4)(b). (d) Sustainability Victoria established under the **Sustainability Victoria Act 2005**; or (e) the person responsible for administering an approved interstate energy efficiency regime; or S. 66(1)(f) substituted by No. 1/2017 s. 21. (f) an officer of the department of the Commonwealth Government administered by the Minister responsible for administering the Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 of the Commonwealth; or S. 66(1)(g) substituted by No. 1/2017 s. 21. (g) an officer of that part of the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Commonwealth Government known as the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (***ABARES***) for the purposes of the performance of any of ABARES's functions or the exercise of any of ABARES's powers; or S. 66(1)(h) inserted by No. 1/2017 s. 21. (h) a member of the staff of the Australian Bureau of Statistics established under section 5 of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975 of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the performance of the Bureau's functions or the exercise of any of the Bureau's powers; or S. 66(1)(i) inserted by No. 1/2017 s. 21, amended by No. 34/2022 s. 64(1)(a). (i) an official of the Regulator within the meaning of section 4 of the Clean Energy Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the performance of the Clean Energy Regulator's functions or the exercise of any of the Regulator's powers; or S. 66(1)(j) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(1)(b). (j) a public sector body or Council for the purposes of administering a program related to prescribed activities; or S. 66(1)(k) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(1)(b). (k) a non-Victorian government body approved by the Minister; or S. 66(1)(l) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(1)(b). (l) a Distribution Network Service Provider for the purpose of assessing the impact of prescribed activities on energy demand; or S. 66(1)(m) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(1)(b), amended by No. 15/2025 s. 51. (m) an accredited person for the purpose of informing the accredited person of— (i) a scheme participant's compliance with the code of conduct; or (ii) the details of any improvement notice or prohibition notice issued to a person; or (iii) a scheme participant's conduct when undertaking a prescribed activity or regulated action; or (iv) a scheme participant's compliance with this Act and the regulations. S. 66(2) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(2). (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(k), the Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may approve a non‑Victorian government body to be a body to which information may be divulged or communicated under subsection (1). S. 66(3) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(2). (3) The Minister must not approve a non‑Victorian government body under subsection (2) unless the Minister is satisfied that the body administers an energy efficiency program under a law of another State or Territory or of the Commonwealth. S. 66(4) inserted by No. 34/2022 s. 64(2). ***Council*** has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the **Local Government Act 2020**; ***Distribution Network Service Provider*** has the same meaning as in section 13 of the **National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005**; ***non-Victorian government body*** means the equivalent of a public sector body that is established by or under, or holds an office or position under, the law of another State or a Territory or of the Commonwealth; ***public sector body*** has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the **Public Administration Act 2004**.