228Confidentiality requirements for entrusted persons

228 Confidentiality requirements for entrusted persons

(1) A person who is, or has been, an entrusted person commits an offence if: (a) the person (whether directly or indirectly and whether while or after ceasing to be an entrusted person): (i) makes a record of any information; or (ii) discloses any information; and (b) the person obtained the information: (i) because of the person being an entrusted person; or (ii) in the course of carrying out the person’s duties as an entrusted person.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the making of the record, or the disclosing of the information, is authorised by section 229 or 230.