Work Health and Safety Act 2011

Either one of the regulators or a member of staff of either one of the regulators is authorised to disclose information or give access to a document to the other regulator or a member of staff of the other regulator if the disclosure or giving of access is for the purpose of assisting the other regulator to exercise the powers or functions of the other regulator under this Act or the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013.

Section 271 applies to the use of information or a document that a person obtains or gains access to as a result of the disclosure of the information or the giving of access to the document as authorised by this section, as if the person had obtained the information or gained access to the document in exercising a power or function under this Act.

Section 271 (2) does not apply to the disclosure of information or giving of access to a document as authorised by this section.