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Part 4 Administration
Partnership Act 1997 49
(ii) directly or indirectly discloses protected information to
another person; and
(b) the recording or disclosure is not part of the performance of a
function or exercise of a power under a law in force in the
Territory.
Maximum penalty: If the offender is a natural person –
100 penalty units.
If the offender is a body corporate –
500 penalty units.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the recording or disclosure:
(a) is made with the consent of the person from whom the
information was obtained; or
(b) is made to a law enforcement agency (including the Police
Force).
(4) A person to whom this section applies is not required to disclose
protected information or produce any document containing
protected information to a court unless it is necessary to do so for a
law in force in the Territory.
(5) A reference in subsection (4) to a court includes a reference to
anyone who may require the production of documents or the
answering of questions.