Offence for unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information
45 Offence for unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information
An entity commits an offence if:
the entity obtains, generates or adopts a document or information; and
the document or information is protected information; and
the entity makes a record of, discloses or otherwise uses the document or information; and
the making of the record, or the disclosure or use, is not authorised under Subdivision A or required by a notification provision.
For exceptions to this offence, see section 46.
A document or information that records or is the fact that an asset is declared under section 51 to be a critical infrastructure asset may be protected information: see section 5A.
If the entity is not a legal person, see Division 2 of Part 7.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Section 15.1 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction—category A) applies to an offence against subsection (1).
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