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Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
sec.195CConfidentiality
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### sec.195C Confidentiality
A person who is a member of a community justice group must not—
record or use information the person, or another person who is a member of the community justice group, gains through performing a function under this Act, or intentionally disclose it to anyone, other than under subsection (2) ; or
recklessly disclose the information to anyone.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
A person who is a member of a community justice group may—
record, use or disclose the information if the recording, use or disclosure—
is done as part of making submissions to the court under section 9 (2) (p) ; or
is otherwise required or permitted by law; or
disclose the information to another member of the community justice group.
In this section—
disclose information to someone else means—
orally disclose the information to the other person; or
produce to the other person, or give the other person access to, a document containing the information; or
disclose the information to the other person in another way.
s 195C ins 2007 No. 59 s 139
amd 2014 No. 9 s 37 ; 2016 No. 38 s 63
(sec.195C-ssec.1) A person who is a member of a community justice group must not— record or use information the person, or another person who is a member of the community justice group, gains through performing a function under this Act, or intentionally disclose it to anyone, other than under subsection (2) ; or recklessly disclose the information to anyone. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.195C-ssec.2) A person who is a member of a community justice group may— record, use or disclose the information if the recording, use or disclosure— is done as part of making submissions to the court under section 9 (2) (p) ; or is otherwise required or permitted by law; or disclose the information to another member of the community justice group.
(sec.195C-ssec.3) In this section— disclose information to someone else means— orally disclose the information to the other person; or produce to the other person, or give the other person access to, a document containing the information; or disclose the information to the other person in another way.
- (a) record or use information the person, or another person who is a member of the community justice group, gains through performing a function under this Act, or intentionally disclose it to anyone, other than under subsection (2) ; or
- (b) recklessly disclose the information to anyone.
- (a) record, use or disclose the information if the recording, use or disclosure— (i) is done as part of making submissions to the court under section 9 (2) (p) ; or (ii) is otherwise required or permitted by law; or
- (i) is done as part of making submissions to the court under section 9 (2) (p) ; or
- (ii) is otherwise required or permitted by law; or
- (b) disclose the information to another member of the community justice group.
- (i) is done as part of making submissions to the court under section 9 (2) (p) ; or
- (ii) is otherwise required or permitted by law; or
- (a) orally disclose the information to the other person; or
- (b) produce to the other person, or give the other person access to, a document containing the information; or
- (c) disclose the information to the other person in another way.