sec.214Unauthorised publication of commission reports and other restricted information

### sec.214 Unauthorised publication of commission reports and other restricted information A person must not publish or give a commission report to which section 69 applies to anyone unless— the report has been published by order of the Legislative Assembly or is taken to have been so published; or its publication is otherwise authorised under this Act. Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. A person who is given restricted information by the commission under chapter 2 , part 6 , division 4A must not disclose the information to anyone else unless the person has a reasonable excuse. giving restricted information to the person’s lawyer for the purpose of obtaining legal advice Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. In this section— commission report includes an extract from a commission report. disclose includes publish and give access to. information includes a document. public statement includes part of a public statement. restricted information means— a copy of a commission report, or a public statement, in draft form; or any evidence and other information or material relating to a report or statement mentioned in paragraph (a) . related evidence under section 69A s 214 amd 2003 No. 8 s 17 sch ; 2025 No. 7 s 24 (sec.214-ssec.1) A person must not publish or give a commission report to which section 69 applies to anyone unless— the report has been published by order of the Legislative Assembly or is taken to have been so published; or its publication is otherwise authorised under this Act. Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.214-ssec.2) A person who is given restricted information by the commission under chapter 2 , part 6 , division 4A must not disclose the information to anyone else unless the person has a reasonable excuse. giving restricted information to the person’s lawyer for the purpose of obtaining legal advice Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment. (sec.214-ssec.3) In this section— commission report includes an extract from a commission report. disclose includes publish and give access to. information includes a document. public statement includes part of a public statement. restricted information means— a copy of a commission report, or a public statement, in draft form; or any evidence and other information or material relating to a report or statement mentioned in paragraph (a) . related evidence under section 69A - (a) the report has been published by order of the Legislative Assembly or is taken to have been so published; or - (b) its publication is otherwise authorised under this Act. - (a) a copy of a commission report, or a public statement, in draft form; or - (b) any evidence and other information or material relating to a report or statement mentioned in paragraph (a) . Example for paragraph (b) — related evidence under section 69A