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Local Government Act 2009
sec.200Use of information by local government employees and councillor advisors
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### sec.200 Use of information by local government employees and councillor advisors
This section applies to a person who is, or has been, any of the following—
a local government employee;
a councillor advisor;
a contractor of the local government;
another type of person prescribed by regulation.
The person must not use information acquired as a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) to—
gain (directly or indirectly) an advantage for the person or someone else; or
cause detriment to the local government.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
Subsection (2) does not apply to information that is lawfully available to the public.
The person must not release information that the person knows, or should reasonably know, is information that—
is confidential to the local government; and
the local government wishes to keep confidential.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
s 200 amd 2010 No. 23 s 319 ; 2012 No. 33 s 141 ; 2020 No. 20 s 117
(sec.200-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who is, or has been, any of the following— a local government employee; a councillor advisor; a contractor of the local government; another type of person prescribed by regulation.
(sec.200-ssec.2) The person must not use information acquired as a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) , (b) , (c) or (d) to— gain (directly or indirectly) an advantage for the person or someone else; or cause detriment to the local government. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.200-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to information that is lawfully available to the public.
(sec.200-ssec.4) The person must not release information that the person knows, or should reasonably know, is information that— is confidential to the local government; and the local government wishes to keep confidential. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
- (a) a local government employee;
- (b) a councillor advisor;
- (c) a contractor of the local government;
- (d) another type of person prescribed by regulation.
- (a) gain (directly or indirectly) an advantage for the person or someone else; or
- (b) cause detriment to the local government.
- (a) is confidential to the local government; and
- (b) the local government wishes to keep confidential.