7Officers to observe secrecy

7 Officers to observe secrecy

(1) Subject to section 9, a person who is or has been an officer shall not, either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of a duty under or in connexion with this Act or except as provided by the regulations: (a) make a record of, or (except to, or as authorized by, the Minister) divulge or communicate to any person, any information concerning the affairs of any other person acquired by him or her in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her powers or functions, under or in connexion with this Act; or (b) produce to any person a document furnished for the purposes of this Act.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 3 months or 10 penalty units.

(2) A person to whom information referred to in paragraph (1)(a) is divulged as authorized by or under subsection (1) shall, in respect of that information, be subject to the same obligations and liabilities under subsection (1) as if the person were a person performing duties under this Act and had acquired the information in the performance of those duties.
(3) For the purposes of this section, any information acquired by an officer in accordance with an arrangement entered into under section 8 shall be deemed to have been acquired by the officer in the performance of a duty under this Act.
(4) In this section:

officer means a person performing duties, or exercising powers or functions, under or in connexion with this Act.

produce includes permit access to.

(5) This section extends to persons who are officers or employees of a State.