106Information may be disclosed to specified persons or bodies

106 Information may be disclosed to specified persons or bodies

This Part does not prevent the ESC, or a person authorised by the ESC, from divulging or communicating information to—

(a) the Minister; or

S. 106(b) substituted by No. 23/2009 s. 36(6)(a).

(b) AEMO; or

S. 106(c) repealed by No. 23/2009 s. 36(6)(b).

(d) Sustainability Victoria established under the Sustainability Victoria Act 2005; or

(e) the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator established under the Commonwealth scheme; or

(f) the Head of the Australian Greenhouse Office (within the meaning of the Commonwealth scheme) or an officer of the Australian Greenhouse Office authorised by the Head of the Australian Greenhouse Office for the purposes of this Part; or

(g) an officer of that part of the Agriculture Department of the Commonwealth Government known as the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics (ABARE) for the purposes of the performance of any of ABARE's functions or the exercise of any of ABARE's powers.

Part 13—General

Division 1—General offences

107 False or misleading information

A person must not—

(a) give information to the ESC or any person exercising powers under or in connection with this Act that the first-mentioned person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular; or

(b) produce a document to the ESC or any person exercising powers under or in connection with this Act that the first-mentioned person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular without indicating the respect in which it is false or misleading and, if practicable, providing correct information.