186BConfidential information

186B Confidential information (1) A person commits an offence if the person: (a) obtains information in the course of exercising a power or performing a function under this Act; and (b) engages in conduct that results in the disclosure of the information to someone else. Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person engages in the conduct: (a) in exercising a power or performing a function under this Act; or (b) for legal proceeding arising out of the operation of this Act; or (c) with the consent of the person to whom the information relates. Note for section 186B Under sections 23 and 26 of the Criminal Code a person is not guilty of an offence if an act constituting the offence is done in the exercise of a right granted or recognised by law or in execution of the law or in obedience to, or in conformity with, the law.

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