Queensland Numbered Acts

RESOURCES SAFETY AND HEALTH QUEENSLAND BILL 2020 - SECT 67

67 CEO may disclose information to particular entities

(1) The CEO may disclose anything that comes to the CEO’s knowledge under this Act or a Resources Safety Act to a prescribed entity if the CEO is satisfied the disclosure would assist in the performance of the prescribed entity’s functions under an Act or another law.

(2) Subsection (1) applies despite section 66 and the prescribed confidentiality provisions.

(3) In this section—

"prescribed confidentiality provision" means—

(a) the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 , section 275A ; or

(b) the Explosives Act 1999 , section 132 ; or

(c) the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 , section 255 ; or

(d) the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004 , chapter 6 , part 5 .

"prescribed entity" means—

(a) the chief executive of a department in which a Resource Act is administered; or

(b) the WHS prosecutor; or

(c) the director of public prosecutions.

"Resource Act" see the Mineral and Energy Resources (Common Provisions) Act 2014 .

"WHS prosecutor" see the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 , schedule 2 , section 25 .