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Housing Act 2003
sec.94EProhibition on disclosure of confidential information the subject of the Corrective Services Act 2006 , s 341
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### sec.94E Prohibition on disclosure of confidential information the subject of the Corrective Services Act 2006 , s 341
This section applies to confidential information given to an approved provider or an employee of an approved provider if the information is or has been confidential information that must not be disclosed under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 341 (2) .
The approved provider or employee must not disclose the information to anyone else.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
However, the approved provider or employee may disclose the information to someone else—
if the disclosure is to the person to whom the confidential information relates; or
if authorised by the chief executive of the department that administers the Corrective Services Act 2006 because—
a person’s life or physical safety could otherwise reasonably be expected to be endangered; or
it is otherwise in the public interest; or
if the information merely informs someone—
of the corrective services facility in which a prisoner is being held in custody under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or
for an offender who is subject to a parole order or a community based order under the Corrective Services Act 2006 —that the offender is subject to the order; or
if the disclosure is required or permitted by law.
s 94E ins 2014 No. 57 s 66
(sec.94E-ssec.1) This section applies to confidential information given to an approved provider or an employee of an approved provider if the information is or has been confidential information that must not be disclosed under the Corrective Services Act 2006 , section 341 (2) .
(sec.94E-ssec.2) The approved provider or employee must not disclose the information to anyone else. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.94E-ssec.3) However, the approved provider or employee may disclose the information to someone else— if the disclosure is to the person to whom the confidential information relates; or if authorised by the chief executive of the department that administers the Corrective Services Act 2006 because— a person’s life or physical safety could otherwise reasonably be expected to be endangered; or it is otherwise in the public interest; or if the information merely informs someone— of the corrective services facility in which a prisoner is being held in custody under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or for an offender who is subject to a parole order or a community based order under the Corrective Services Act 2006 —that the offender is subject to the order; or if the disclosure is required or permitted by law.
- (a) if the disclosure is to the person to whom the confidential information relates; or
- (b) if authorised by the chief executive of the department that administers the Corrective Services Act 2006 because— (i) a person’s life or physical safety could otherwise reasonably be expected to be endangered; or (ii) it is otherwise in the public interest; or
- (i) a person’s life or physical safety could otherwise reasonably be expected to be endangered; or
- (ii) it is otherwise in the public interest; or
- (c) if the information merely informs someone— (i) of the corrective services facility in which a prisoner is being held in custody under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or (ii) for an offender who is subject to a parole order or a community based order under the Corrective Services Act 2006 —that the offender is subject to the order; or
- (i) of the corrective services facility in which a prisoner is being held in custody under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or
- (ii) for an offender who is subject to a parole order or a community based order under the Corrective Services Act 2006 —that the offender is subject to the order; or
- (d) if the disclosure is required or permitted by law.
- (i) a person’s life or physical safety could otherwise reasonably be expected to be endangered; or
- (ii) it is otherwise in the public interest; or
- (i) of the corrective services facility in which a prisoner is being held in custody under the Corrective Services Act 2006 ; or
- (ii) for an offender who is subject to a parole order or a community based order under the Corrective Services Act 2006 —that the offender is subject to the order; or