Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00033:section:46
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00033
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 46
Character Range: 34075–36244

46  Disclosure to Secretaries etc.
 (1) An official of the Regulator may disclose protected information to:
 (a) the Secretary; or
 (b) an officer of the Department who is authorised by the Secretary, in writing, for the purposes of this subsection;
if the disclosure is for the purposes of:
 (c) advising the Minister; or
 (ca) monitoring the operation of a climate change law; or
 (cb) evaluating the effectiveness of a climate change law; or
 (d) facilitating the monitoring of Australia's compliance with its international obligations under an international climate change agreement; or
 (e) facilitating the development of an international agreement that relates to climate change.
 (2) If a Minister is responsible for administering a program, or collecting statistics, relating to:
 (a) greenhouse gas emissions (within the meaning of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007); or
 (b) energy consumption (within the meaning of that Act); or
 (c) energy production (within the meaning of that Act);
an official of the Regulator may disclose protected information to:
 (d) the Secretary of the Department administered by that Minister; or
 (e) an officer of that Department who is authorised by that Secretary, in writing, for the purposes of this subsection;
if the disclosure is for the purposes of:
 (f) advising that Minister; or
 (g) administering that program, or collecting those statistics, as the case may be.
 (3) An official of the Regulator may disclose protected information to:
 (a) the Secretary of the Biodiversity Department; or
 (b) an officer of the Biodiversity Department who is authorised by the Secretary of the Biodiversity Department, in writing, for the purposes of this subsection;
if the disclosure is for the purposes of:
 (c) advising the Biodiversity Minister; or
 (d) monitoring the operation of a biodiversity law; or
 (e) evaluating the effectiveness of a biodiversity law; or
 (f) facilitating the monitoring of Australia's compliance with its international obligations under an international biodiversity agreement; or
 (g) facilitating the development of an international agreement that relates to biodiversity.