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section, a person:
    (a) who is or has been an inspector; and
    (b) who has, in exercising powers under this Act, acquired any information, or document, relating to the affairs of another person;
shall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act:
    (c) make a record of, or communicate to any person, any of that information; or
    (d) produce that document to any person.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
"(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prohibits an inspector from communicating any information, or producing any document, to the Minister, the Secretary to the Department or an officer of the Department authorised by the Secretary to the Department for the purposes of this section.
"(3) Where information is communicated, or a document is produced, under subsection (2) to a person, the person shall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act:
    (a) make a record of, or communicate to any person, any of that information; or
    (b) produce that document to any person.
Penalty: $1,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
"(4) Section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 does not apply in relation to information or documents to which this section applies.".

PART III—AMENDMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (IMPACT OF PROPOSALS) ACT 1974

Principal Act
8. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Environment Protection (Impact of Proposals) Act 19742.

9. After section 4 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Non-application in relation to certain heritage acts
    "4a. (1) Nothing in this Act applies in relation to:
    (a) the doing of any thing under the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 or regulations under that Act; or
    (b) the submission by the Commonwealth under Article 11 of the Convention, within the meaning of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, of property to the World Heritage Committee as suitable for inclusion in the World Heritage List provided for in paragraph 2 of that Article.

"(2) This section has effect as if it had commenced on the commencement of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983.".

PART IV—MISCELLANEOUS

Proclamation never in force
10. The Proclamation made on 19 January 1988 pursuant to subsection 6 (3) of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 shall be taken never to have come into force.

Certain statutory rules of no effect
11. Statutory Rules 1988 No. 2 shall be taken never to have had effect.

NOTES

1. No. 5, 1983, as amended. For previous amendment, see No. 39, 1983.
  2. No. 164, 1974, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 36, 1975; No. 61, 1981; Nos. 26 and 80, 1982; and No. 12, 1987.

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