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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.532Unlawful disclosure of information
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### sec.532 Unlawful disclosure of information
A person who has access to information stored in QDNA or the ACC database must not unlawfully disclose the information to anyone else.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
A person may only disclose information stored in QDNA or the ACC database for one or more of the following purposes—
to perform a function of the police service;
for a purpose authorised under this or another Act;
in accordance with an arrangement made under section 523 or 533 ;
to make the information available, as permitted under a regulation, to the person to whom the information relates;
to administer QDNA or the ACC database;
for a coronial inquest or investigation.
This section does not apply to information that can not be used to discover the identity of a person.
s 532 ins 2003 No. 49 s 10
amd 2016 No. 48 s 18 sch 1 amdt 11 (retro)
(sec.532-ssec.1) A person who has access to information stored in QDNA or the ACC database must not unlawfully disclose the information to anyone else. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(sec.532-ssec.2) A person may only disclose information stored in QDNA or the ACC database for one or more of the following purposes— to perform a function of the police service; for a purpose authorised under this or another Act; in accordance with an arrangement made under section 523 or 533 ; to make the information available, as permitted under a regulation, to the person to whom the information relates; to administer QDNA or the ACC database; for a coronial inquest or investigation.
(sec.532-ssec.3) This section does not apply to information that can not be used to discover the identity of a person.
- (a) to perform a function of the police service;
- (b) for a purpose authorised under this or another Act;
- (c) in accordance with an arrangement made under section 523 or 533 ;
- (d) to make the information available, as permitted under a regulation, to the person to whom the information relates;
- (e) to administer QDNA or the ACC database;
- (f) for a coronial inquest or investigation.