Guardianship and Administration Act 1995
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86 Confidentiality of information
(1) [Section 86 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2021, s. 24, Applied:21 Nov 2022] [Section 86 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 165, Applied:05 Nov 2021] [Section 86 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 165, Applied:05 Nov 2021] [Section 86 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 165, Applied:05 Nov 2021] [Section 86 Subsection (1) amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 165, Applied:05 Nov 2021] [Section 86 Subsection (1) amended by No. 15 of 2021, s. 24, Applied:21 Nov 2022] [Section 86 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 21 of 2023, s. 61, Applied:01 Sep 2024] In this section –
information includes –
(a) information that identifies a person; and
(b) information that deals with the personal history or records of a person;
protected information, in relation to a person, means information obtained in relation to that person by the Tribunal or the Public Guardian under this Act, or under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020 ;
protected person means the following persons:
(a) a represented person;
(b) a proposed represented person;
(2) [Section 86 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 21 of 2023, s. 61, Applied:01 Sep 2024] Subject to this section, a person must not disclose any protected information relating to a protected person except –