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Drugs Misuse Act 1986
sec.43UConfidentiality of information
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### sec.43U Confidentiality of information
A person must not, directly or indirectly, disclose information obtained under section 43D to anyone else.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Subsection (1) does not apply to—
an act done for the purposes of an Act; or
giving documents to the commissioner of the police service under section 43D (1) (d)
disclosure of information to a police officer to enable the police officer to perform his or her functions as a police officer; or
disclosure of information to a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission to enable the member to perform his or her functions as a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission; or
disclosure of information in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or
disclosure of information in a way that conceals the identity of the recipient of a controlled substance or controlled thing, or if the recipient purports to obtain the substance or thing for another person, the identity of the other person.
In this section—
recipient means recipient as defined under section 43D (1) .
s 43U prev s 43U ins 1995 No. 18 s 5
om 2000 No. 28 s 24
pres s 43U ins 2008 No. 4 s 27
amd 2013 No. 14 s 45 ; 2019 No. 26 s 290 sch 2
(sec.43U-ssec.1) A person must not, directly or indirectly, disclose information obtained under section 43D to anyone else. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(sec.43U-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to— an act done for the purposes of an Act; or giving documents to the commissioner of the police service under section 43D (1) (d) disclosure of information to a police officer to enable the police officer to perform his or her functions as a police officer; or disclosure of information to a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission to enable the member to perform his or her functions as a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission; or disclosure of information in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or disclosure of information in a way that conceals the identity of the recipient of a controlled substance or controlled thing, or if the recipient purports to obtain the substance or thing for another person, the identity of the other person.
(sec.43U-ssec.3) In this section— recipient means recipient as defined under section 43D (1) .
- (a) an act done for the purposes of an Act; or Example— giving documents to the commissioner of the police service under section 43D (1) (d)
- (b) disclosure of information to a police officer to enable the police officer to perform his or her functions as a police officer; or
- (c) disclosure of information to a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission to enable the member to perform his or her functions as a member of the staff of the Australian Crime Commission; or
- (d) disclosure of information in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or
- (e) disclosure of information in a way that conceals the identity of the recipient of a controlled substance or controlled thing, or if the recipient purports to obtain the substance or thing for another person, the identity of the other person.