Veto on contact—offences
188 Veto on contact—offences
An information recipient must not—
contact or attempt to contact the person who lodged a contact veto against contact by the information recipient, or
procure another person to contact or attempt to contact that person.
An information recipient must not—
use information obtained under this Act after the lodgement of a contact veto to intimidate or harass the person who lodged the contact veto against contact by the information recipient, or
procure any other person to intimidate or harass that person by the use of that information.
A person is not to claim to act on behalf of or hold himself or herself out as being willing to act on behalf of another person with a view to contravening this section.
In this section—
information recipient means an adopted person, adoptive parent, birth parent, relative or other person—
who has received an authority to supply adoption information, an original birth certificate, an amended birth certificate or an integrated birth certificate, if there is a contact veto against contact by the person that remains in force, or
who has had disclosed to him or her prescribed information under this Act and who has knowledge that a contact veto against contact by him or her is then in force.
This section extends to an act contravening this section done outside Australia by a person resident or domiciled in the State.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed information
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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