109Disclosing information

### 109 Disclosing information > [*\[Section 109 Inserted by No. 60 of 2013, s. 12, Applied:01 Mar 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-03-01/act-2013-060#GS12@EN) > > > (1)  An organisation, or an officer of an organisation, may disclose information to any one or more of the following without contravening [section 108](#GS108@EN) : > > > > > > (a) the DPP, a police officer or a member of the Australian Crime Commission; > > > > > > > (b) an officer of the organisation, for the purposes of giving information under [section 86](#GS86@EN) or [section 88](#GS88@EN) ; > > > > > > > (c) an officer of the organisation, for the purposes of ensuring that – > > > > > > > > > > (i) a requirement of a notice under [section 87](#GS87@EN) is complied with; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) a notice under [section 88](#GS88@EN) is complied with; > > > > > > > (d) an Australian legal practitioner, for the purposes of obtaining legal advice in relation to – > > > > > > > > > > (i) giving information under [section 86](#GS86@EN) ; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) complying with a notice under [section 87](#GS87@EN) ; or > > > > > > > > > > > (iii) complying with a notice under [section 88](#GS88@EN) ; > > > > > > > (e) an officer of the organisation, for the purposes of ensuring that a document production order, examination order, monitoring order or suspension order is complied with; > > > > > > > (f) an Australian legal practitioner, for the purposes of obtaining legal advice in relation to a document production order, examination order, monitoring order or suspension order. > > > (2)  An individual who is not acting in the capacity of an officer of an organisation, or in the capacity of an Australian legal practitioner, may disclose information to any one or more of the following without contravening [section 108](#GS108@EN) : > > > > > > (a) the DPP, a police officer or a member of the Australian Crime Commission; > > > > > > > (b) an Australian legal practitioner, for the purposes of obtaining legal advice in relation to a document production order, examination order, monitoring order or suspension order. > > > (3)  An Australian legal practitioner to whom information is disclosed under [subsection (1)](#GS109@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS109@Gs2@EN) may disclose the information, without contravening [section 108](#GS108@EN) , to a person to whom it may have been disclosed under that subsection for the purpose of giving legal advice in relation to the matter disclosed. > > > (4)  Subject to [subsection (5)](#GS109@Gs5@EN) , a person (except an Australian legal practitioner) to whom information is disclosed under [subsection (1)](#GS109@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS109@Gs2@EN) may disclose the information to another person to whom it might have been disclosed under that subsection. > > > (5)  If information about a particular matter may only be disclosed under [subsection (1)](#GS109@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS109@Gs2@EN) in particular circumstances or for a particular purpose, a person must not disclose the information under [subsection (4)](#GS109@Gs4@EN) except in those circumstances or for that purpose. > > > (6)  A person to whom information about a particular matter is disclosed under this section must not disclose the information to anyone, other than a police officer, the DPP or a member of the Australian Crime Commission, if the person ceases to be a person of a kind to whom the information may be disclosed. > > > > Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years, or both.