154Restrictions on certain dealings

154 Restrictions on certain dealings

154 Restrictions on certain dealings

(1) Except as prescribed, a person who is, or has at any time been, a prescribed person shall not make improper use of information acquired by virtue of his or her position as such a prescribed person to gain, directly or indirectly, an advantage for himself or herself or for any other person or to cause detriment to an authority.

(2) Except as prescribed, a prescribed person shall not make improper use of his or her position as such a prescribed person, to gain, directly or indirectly, an advantage for himself or herself or for any other person or to cause detriment to an authority.

(3) In this section, prescribed person means—

(a) the Secretary or any other person employed in the Department,

(b) a member of or a member of the staff of an authority, or

(c) a person of a class or description prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

ss 152–154: Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 45, Sch 3.4 [3] [6] (am 1998 No 120, Sch 2.2); 2015 No 58, Sch 3.76 [5].