67Secrecy—legal practitioners

67 Secrecy—legal practitioners

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person has obtained information in the person’s capacity as the recipient of a legal practitioner disclosure; and (b) the person: (i) discloses the information to another person; or (ii) uses the information.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if: (a) the disclosure or use is for the purpose of providing legal advice, or professional assistance, relating to a public interest disclosure (other than a legal practitioner disclosure) made, or proposed to be made, by the person who made the legal practitioner disclosure referred to in paragraph (1)(a); or (b) the information has previously been lawfully published.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to a matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).