71Reports etc. to be confidential

71 Reports etc. to be confidential

(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been: (a) the Director; (b) an inspector; (c) a member of staff referred to in section 55; (d) a person engaged under section 56; or (e) an employee of a person engaged under section 56. (2) A person to whom this section applies shall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of an international agreement: (a) produce to any person a document: (i) given to the Director or to an inspector pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority or pursuant to an order or direction under section 73; (ii) given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector pursuant to an international agreement under which the document is to be treated as confidential; or (iii) given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country with the stipulation that the document is to be treated as confidential; (b) make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, the contents of a document referred to in paragraph (a); or (c) make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information: (i) given to the Director or an inspector pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority or pursuant to an order or direction under section 73; or (ii) given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector pursuant to an international agreement under which the information is to be treated as confidential.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.