16Confidentiality

16 Confidentiality

(1)  A person involved in the administration of this Act must not disclose or use any confidential information that the person acquires by reason of that involvement except –

(a) as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act or the regulations; or

(b) for a purpose authorised or required by or under another Act of the State or an Act of the Commonwealth; or

(c) with the express written consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

(d) when required to do so by a court or tribunal constituted by law.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(2)  [Section 16 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 7 of 2014, s. 7, Applied:11 Sep 2014] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  

(3)  This section does not apply to the recording, disclosure or use of information in a statistical or other form that could not reasonably be expected to cause any material detriment to a particular person.

(4)  In this section –

confidential information means –

(a) information that is commercial, financial, scientific or technical in nature that would reveal proprietary business, competitive or trade secret information of significant value if released; or

(b) information that is commercially sensitive for some other reason; or

(c) information that is brought within the ambit of this definition by the regulations.