Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00316:reg:79
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L00316
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 79
Character Range: 63024–64517

79  Continued application of prohibition against disclosure of records or reports of Inquiry Officers
 (1) This section applies in relation to the following:
 (a) information contained in the records or report of an Inquiry Officer (the protected IO information);
 (b) a document, a part of a document, or a copy of all or a part of a document, that forms part of the records or reports of an Inquiry Officer (the protected IO document);
whether the inquiry of the Inquiry Officer is completed before or after commencement.
 (2) Despite the repeal of the old regulations:
 (a) regulation 78 of the old regulations (to the extent that regulation relates to the application of regulation 63 of those regulations to, and in relation to, an Inquiry Officer or an inquiry assistant) continues to apply, after commencement, in relation to the inquiry of the Inquiry Officer as if the repeal had not happened; and
 (b) regulation 63 of the old regulations continues to apply, after commencement, in relation to protected IO information or a protected IO document as if the repeal had not happened.
 (3) Section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 applies, after commencement, to protected IO information and protected IO documents in relation to which regulation 63 of the old regulations continues to apply under paragraph (2)(b) of this section.
Note: Regulation 63 of the old regulations prohibits, among other things, the disclosure of protected IO information and protected IO documents.