sec.180Confidentiality

### sec.180 Confidentiality This section applies to a person— who is, or has been, the chief executive, a public service employee in the department, an administrator, or an associated accreditation officer; and who, in the course of administering this Act or because of opportunity provided by involvement in administering this Act— acquired confidential information about someone else; or gained access to a document containing confidential information about someone else. The person must not make a record of the information, disclose the information to anyone else or give access to the document containing the information to anyone else, other than— for a purpose of this Act; or with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or as expressly permitted or required by another Act. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. In this section— confidential information means information about a person’s affairs, including the person’s criminal history, but does not include— information that is publicly available; or statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom it relates. s 180 amd 2014 No. 8 s 145 (sec.180-ssec.1) This section applies to a person— who is, or has been, the chief executive, a public service employee in the department, an administrator, or an associated accreditation officer; and who, in the course of administering this Act or because of opportunity provided by involvement in administering this Act— acquired confidential information about someone else; or gained access to a document containing confidential information about someone else. (sec.180-ssec.2) The person must not make a record of the information, disclose the information to anyone else or give access to the document containing the information to anyone else, other than— for a purpose of this Act; or with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or as expressly permitted or required by another Act. Maximum penalty—50 penalty units. (sec.180-ssec.3) In this section— confidential information means information about a person’s affairs, including the person’s criminal history, but does not include— information that is publicly available; or statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom it relates. - (a) who is, or has been, the chief executive, a public service employee in the department, an administrator, or an associated accreditation officer; and - (b) who, in the course of administering this Act or because of opportunity provided by involvement in administering this Act— (i) acquired confidential information about someone else; or (ii) gained access to a document containing confidential information about someone else. - (i) acquired confidential information about someone else; or - (ii) gained access to a document containing confidential information about someone else. - (i) acquired confidential information about someone else; or - (ii) gained access to a document containing confidential information about someone else. - (a) for a purpose of this Act; or - (b) with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or - (c) in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or - (d) as expressly permitted or required by another Act. - (a) information that is publicly available; or - (b) statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom it relates.