188Veto on contact—offences

#### 188 Veto on contact—offences 188 Veto on contact—offences (cf AI Act s 28) > > (1) An information recipient must not— > > > > > (a) contact or attempt to contact the person who lodged a contact veto against contact by the information recipient, or > > > > > (b) procure another person to contact or attempt to contact that person. > > > (2) An information recipient must not— > > > > > (a) use information obtained under this Act after the lodgement of a contact veto to intimidate or harass the person who lodged the contact veto against contact by the information recipient, or > > > > > (b) procure any other person to intimidate or harass that person by the use of that information. > > > (3) A person is not to claim to act on behalf of or hold himself or herself out as being willing to act on behalf of another person with a view to contravening this section. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > information recipient means an adopted person, adoptive parent, birth parent, relative or other person— > > > > > (a) who has received an authority to supply adoption information, an original birth certificate, an amended birth certificate or an integrated birth certificate, if there is a contact veto against contact by the person that remains in force, or > > > > > (b) who has had disclosed to him or her prescribed information under this Act and who has knowledge that a contact veto against contact by him or her is then in force. > > > (5) This section extends to an act contravening this section done outside Australia by a person resident or domiciled in the State. > > Maximum penalty—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both. > > **s 188:** Am 2020 No 22, Sch 1\[19\].