Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.