Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—official of certain Commonwealth entities
38 Unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information—official of certain Commonwealth entities
A person is liable to a civil penalty if:
the person is, or has been, an official, other than an entrusted person, of a Commonwealth entity that is not the National Environmental Protection Agency; and
the person has obtained relevant information in the person’s capacity as an official of the entity; and
the information is protected information that was disclosed to the entity under any of the following provisions:
section 20 (disclosure of EIA information to Commonwealth entities);
subsection 26(1) (disclosure of EIA information for the Head’s functions and powers);
subsection 36(1) (disclosure of departmental information for the Head’s functions and powers); and
the person uses or discloses the information other than for the purpose for which it was disclosed to the entity.
Civil penalty: 200 penalty units.
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