Notice may be a confidential document
319 Notice may be a confidential document
A notice given by the parliamentary commissioner under this division may provide that it is a confidential document.
A person must not disclose the existence of a confidential document to anyone else, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.
It is a reasonable excuse for a person to disclose the existence of a confidential document if—
the disclosure is made—
for the purpose of seeking legal advice in relation to the document or an offence against subsection (2); or
for the purpose of obtaining information in order to comply with the document; or
for the purpose of making a complaint to the parliamentary committee about the document; or
in the course of the administration of this Act; and
the person informs the person to whom the disclosure is made that it is an offence to disclose the existence of the document to anyone else unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
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