71Sharing of information with corresponding regulator

71 Sharing of information with corresponding regulator

71 Sharing of information with corresponding regulator

(1) The regulator or a member of staff of the regulator is authorised to disclose information or give access to a document to a corresponding regulator or a member of staff of a corresponding regulator if the disclosure or giving of access is for the purpose of assisting the corresponding regulator to exercise the functions of the corresponding regulator under a corresponding WHS law.

(2) Section 271 of the WHS Act applies to the use of information or a document that a person obtains or gains access to as a result of the disclosure of the information or the giving of access to the document as authorised by a provision of a corresponding WHS law equivalent to this section, as if the person had obtained the information or gained access to the document in exercising a function under this Act or the WHS Act.

(3) Section 271 of the WHS Act does not apply to the disclosure of information or giving of access to a document as authorised by this section.