Confidentiality
48 Confidentiality
CGO, and any person appointed or engaged (or formerly appointed or engaged) to perform functions under this Act, must not disclose information provided on a confidential basis or obtained under section 46 or 47 except—
for the purposes of a report under this Act or as is otherwise reasonably required for the proper performance of CGO's functions;
or
as authorised by the person from whom the information was obtained; or
as authorised or required by a court or tribunal constituted by law; or
as required under any other Act or law; or
as authorised by the regulations (including, in the case of information provided under section 46, regulations made for the purposes of section 46(3)).
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
The provision of information to CGO in accordance with this Act is lawful for the purposes of any other Act or law that would otherwise operate to prohibit that provision (a confidentiality requirement) (whether or not the confidentiality requirement is subject to specified qualifications or exceptions).
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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