Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997

A conferencing chairperson must not, without reasonable excuse, disclose information coming to the chairperson’s knowledge during a conferencing session.Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

It is a reasonable excuse to disclose information if the disclosure is made—

with the agreement of all the parties to the conferencing session; or

for this division; or

for statistical purposes without revealing, or being likely to reveal, the identity of a person about whom the information relates; or

for an inquiry or proceeding about an offence happening during the conferencing session; or

for a proceeding founded on fraud alleged to be connected with, or to have happened during, the conferencing session; or

under a requirement imposed under an Act.