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Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal Act 1992
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#### 24FF Confidential information
24FF Confidential information
> > (1) If a person provides information to the Tribunal in connection with its licence auditing functions on the understanding that the information is confidential and will not be divulged, the Tribunal is required to ensure that the information is not divulged by it to any person, except—
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> > > (a) with the consent of the person who provided the information, or
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> > > (b) to the extent that the Tribunal is satisfied that the information is not confidential in nature, or
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> > > (c) to a member or officer of the Tribunal.
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> > (2) If the Tribunal is satisfied that it is desirable to do so because of the confidential nature of any information provided to the Tribunal in connection with its licence auditing functions, it may give directions prohibiting or restricting the divulging of the information.
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> > (3) A person must not contravene a direction given under subsection (2).
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> > Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
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> > (4) A reference in this section to information includes information given at a meeting of the Tribunal and information contained in any documents given to the Tribunal.
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> **ss 24FD–24FF:** Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.1 \[1\].