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Ombudsman Act 2001
sec.91ADisclosure of information
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### sec.91A Disclosure of information
An officer of the ombudsman may disclose information obtained in the performance of a function of the ombudsman, including information obtained by way of a complaint, to an agency if—
the ombudsman considers the agency has a proper interest in the information for the performance of the agency’s functions; or
the disclosure is for the purpose of protecting the health, safety or security of a person or property.
Subsection (1) does not apply to information that an officer of the ombudsman can not make a record of, or wilfully disclose, under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , section 213 .
In this section—
agency includes each of the following—
an agency of the Commonwealth;
the ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cwlth) ;
an ombudsman under the law of another State.
officer of the ombudsman includes the ombudsman.
s 91A ins 2018 No. 29 s 77
(sec.91A-ssec.1) An officer of the ombudsman may disclose information obtained in the performance of a function of the ombudsman, including information obtained by way of a complaint, to an agency if— the ombudsman considers the agency has a proper interest in the information for the performance of the agency’s functions; or the disclosure is for the purpose of protecting the health, safety or security of a person or property.
(sec.91A-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to information that an officer of the ombudsman can not make a record of, or wilfully disclose, under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , section 213 .
(sec.91A-ssec.3) In this section— agency includes each of the following— an agency of the Commonwealth; the ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cwlth) ; an ombudsman under the law of another State. officer of the ombudsman includes the ombudsman.
- (a) the ombudsman considers the agency has a proper interest in the information for the performance of the agency’s functions; or
- (b) the disclosure is for the purpose of protecting the health, safety or security of a person or property.
- (a) an agency of the Commonwealth;
- (b) the ombudsman under the Ombudsman Act 1976 (Cwlth) ;
- (c) an ombudsman under the law of another State.