97AConfidentiality of financial statements

97A Confidentiality of financial statements

97A Confidentiality of financial statements

(1) A person cannot be required to produce any protected document or to divulge any protected information, except with the written consent of a relevant authority.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether the requirement—

(a) relates to production or divulging to a court or relates to production or divulging to another body, party or person, and

(b) is imposed by a subpoena, direction or order or is imposed in some other manner.

(3) In this section—

court includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.

produce includes permit access to.

protected document means—

(a) a document or thing comprising a financial statement that has been furnished under section 97, or

(b) a document or thing comprising an explanation (furnished under section 97 (5)) of a matter arising out of a financial statement, or

(c) a document or thing requiring such an explanation to be furnished, or

(d) a document or thing comprising information that has otherwise come to attention under section 97 in relation to the financial affairs of a member of the NSW Police Force, or

(e) a copy of any such document or thing.

protected information means information or other matters contained in a protected document, or any other information that has come to attention under section 97 in relation to the financial affairs of a member of the NSW Police Force.

relevant authority means—

(a) the Minister or the LECC, in relation to a financial statement furnished by the Commissioner of Police or to matters in or arising from such a statement, or

(b) the Commissioner of Police or the LECC, in any other case.

s 97A: Ins 1999 No 73, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2016 No 61, Sch 5.1 [20].