168Use and disclosure of information obtained from the Register

168 Use and disclosure of information obtained from the Register

Use (1) The rules may provide that a person must not use information to contact or send material to another person if that information: (a) is about the other person; and (b) was obtained from the Register. Disclosure (2) The rules may provide that a person (the first person) must not disclose information that: (a) is about another person; and (b) was obtained from the Register; and (c) the first person knows is likely to be used to contact or send material to the other person. (3) A person must not contravene rules made for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2).

Civil penalty: 200 penalty units.

Exception (4) Subsection (3) does not apply in circumstances specified by the rules.

Note: A person who wishes to rely on subsection (4) in proceedings for a civil penalty order bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in that subsection: see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act.