337CD

Disclosure to enforcement agencies

In force

(1)

If an authorised official to whom a disclosure is allocated suspects on reasonable grounds that some or all of:

(a)

the information disclosed; or

(b)

any other information obtained in the course of investigation of the disclosure;

is evidence of the commission of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory, the authorised official may disclose the information, to the extent that it is such evidence, to a member of an Australian police force that is responsible for the investigation of the offence.

(2)

However, if the offence is punishable by imprisonment for life or by imprisonment for a period of at least 2 years, the authorised official must so notify such a member.

(3)

If an authorised official to whom a disclosure is allocated suspects on reasonable grounds that some or all of:

(a)

the information disclosed; or

(b)

any other information obtained in the course of investigation of the disclosure;

is evidence of a contravention of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010, the authorised official may disclose the information, to the extent that it is such evidence, to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

(4)

This section does not, by implication, limit a person’s power to notify a matter to a member of an Australian police force, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission or another agency or person.

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