Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005

Despite any other Act or law (other than the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006), Energy Safe Victoria is authorised, on its own initiative or at the request of the AER, to provide the AER with such information (including information given in confidence) in the possession or control of Energy Safe Victoria that is reasonably required by the AER to perform a function or duty or exercise a power under the National Electricity (Victoria) Law or the National Gas (Victoria) Law.

Nothing done, or authorised to be done, by Energy Safe Victoria in acting under subsection (1)—

constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or

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

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

constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or

terminates an agreement or obligation or fulfils any condition that allows a person to terminate 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.

In this section, AER means the Australian Energy Regulator established by section 44AE of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 of the Commonwealth.