sec.93AAUnauthorised possession of, or dealing in, s 93A criminal statements or section 93A transcripts

### sec.93AA Unauthorised possession of, or dealing in, s 93A criminal statements or section 93A transcripts A person commits an offence if the person— possesses a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript; or supplies, or offers to supply, a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript to another person; or copies, or permits another person to copy, a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript. Maximum penalty— for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or for a corporation—1,000 penalty units. However, a person may do something mentioned in subsection (1) — for a legitimate purpose related to the proceeding for which the section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript was made or another proceeding; or if the person is required or permitted to do the thing under an employment-screening Act, other than to the extent stated in subsection (3) ; or if the person is the victims’ commissioner under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 performing a function mentioned in section 9 (a) of that Act; or if the person is the chairperson of the sexual violence review board under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 performing a function mentioned in section 62 (1) of that Act; or if the person is permitted to do the thing under section 93AB . For subsection (2) (b) , a person, for the purpose of making an employment-screening decision— must not supply, or offer to supply, a section 93A transcript to the employment-screening applicant for the decision; but may supply, or offer to supply, a summary of a section 93A transcript to the employment-screening applicant for the decision. s 93AA ins 2003 No. 55 s 64 amd 2010 No. 5 s 203 ; 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1 ; 2020 No. 39 s 66 sub 2022 No. 12 s 36 amd 2024 No. 21 s 108 amd 2024 No. 49 s 117 (uncommenced amendment) (sec.93AA-ssec.1) A person commits an offence if the person— possesses a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript; or supplies, or offers to supply, a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript to another person; or copies, or permits another person to copy, a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript. Maximum penalty— for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or for a corporation—1,000 penalty units. (sec.93AA-ssec.2) However, a person may do something mentioned in subsection (1) — for a legitimate purpose related to the proceeding for which the section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript was made or another proceeding; or if the person is required or permitted to do the thing under an employment-screening Act, other than to the extent stated in subsection (3) ; or if the person is the victims’ commissioner under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 performing a function mentioned in section 9 (a) of that Act; or if the person is the chairperson of the sexual violence review board under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 performing a function mentioned in section 62 (1) of that Act; or if the person is permitted to do the thing under section 93AB . (sec.93AA-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (b) , a person, for the purpose of making an employment-screening decision— must not supply, or offer to supply, a section 93A transcript to the employment-screening applicant for the decision; but may supply, or offer to supply, a summary of a section 93A transcript to the employment-screening applicant for the decision. - (a) possesses a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript; or - (b) supplies, or offers to supply, a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript to another person; or - (c) copies, or permits another person to copy, a section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript. - (a) for an individual—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment; or - (b) for a corporation—1,000 penalty units. - (a) for a legitimate purpose related to the proceeding for which the section 93A criminal statement or section 93A transcript was made or another proceeding; or - (b) if the person is required or permitted to do the thing under an employment-screening Act, other than to the extent stated in subsection (3) ; or - (c) if the person is the victims’ commissioner under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 performing a function mentioned in section 9 (a) of that Act; or - (d) if the person is the chairperson of the sexual violence review board under the Victims’ Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Act 2024 performing a function mentioned in section 62 (1) of that Act; or - (e) if the person is permitted to do the thing under section 93AB . - (a) must not supply, or offer to supply, a section 93A transcript to the employment-screening applicant for the decision; but - (b) may supply, or offer to supply, a summary of a section 93A transcript to the employment-screening applicant for the decision.