Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT) Act 2013

Despite any other territory law, the road transport authority is authorised, on its own initiative or at the request of the Regulator, to give the Regulator—

the information (including information given in confidence) in the authority’s possession or control that the Regulator reasonably requires for the local application provisions of this Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT); and

any other assistance that the Regulator reasonably requires to exercise a function under the local application provisions of this Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT).

Information given to the Regulator under subsection (1) is taken to be information obtained in the course of administering the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT), as mentioned in the Law, section 727 (1), definition of protected information, paragraph (a).

Nothing done or authorised to be done by the road transport authority in acting under this section—

is a breach of, or default under, a territory law; or

is a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or

is a breach of a duty of confidence (whether arising by contract, in equity, by custom or in any other way); or

is a civil or criminal wrong; or

ends an agreement or obligation or fulfils any condition that allows a person to end an agreement or obligation, or gives rise to any other right or remedy; or

releases a surety or any other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.

This section authorises either or both of the following for the exercise of the Regulator’s functions under the local application provisions of this Act or the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT):

the disclosure of information mentioned in the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, section 29A (Disclosure of images by road transport authority) to the Regulator;

the disclosure of the information by the Regulator to someone else.

Note See the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, s 29B (Use, retention and disclosure of images by other people) and s 29C (Protection of images against loss etc).

This section does not limit the Heavy Vehicle National Law (ACT), section 660 (Cooperation with participating jurisdictions and Commonwealth).