207Confidentiality requirements for ACLEI staff

207 Confidentiality requirements for ACLEI staff

(1) A person who is, or has been, a staff member of ACLEI commits an offence if: (a) the person (either directly or indirectly and either while he or she is, or after he or she ceases to be, a staff member of ACLEI): (i) makes a record of any information; or (ii) divulges or communicates any information; and (b) the person acquired the information: (i) because of his or her being a staff member of ACLEI; or (ii) in the course of the carrying out his or her duties as a staff member of ACLEI; and (c) the information was disclosed or obtained under the provisions of, or for the purposes of, this Act.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) has effect subject to sections 208 and 209. (3) To avoid doubt, if a corruption issue is investigated jointly by the Integrity Commissioner and a government agency, any information that a staff member of ACLEI acquires in the course of participating the joint investigation is taken: (a) to have been acquired by the staff member because of his or her being a staff member of ACLEI; and (b) to have been disclosed or obtained under the provisions of, or for the purposes of, this Act.