Guardianship and Administration Act 1995

In this section – information includes – information that identifies a person; and information that deals with the personal history or records of a person; protected information, in relation to a person, means information obtained in relation to that person by the Tribunal or the Public Guardian under this Act, or under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020; protected person means the following persons:a represented person; a proposed represented person; a person to whom Part 5A, Part 6 or Part 6A applies.

Subject to this section, a person must not disclose any protected information relating to a protected person except – at a hearing under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020; or where, in the opinion of the Tribunal or the Public Guardian, the disclosure of the protected information would promote the personal and social well-being of the protected person; or where the disclosure of the protected information is made by a person authorised in writing, either generally or in a particular case, by the President.

Subsection (2) does not prevent the disclosure of information as required or permitted by any law if, in the case of information relating to another person, that other person has given consent in writing.

A person may disclose protected information relating to a protected person if that disclosure – has been consented to by, and with the full understanding of, the protected person; and the disclosure of the protected information does not involve the disclosure of information relating to another person, unless the other person has consented to the disclosure of that information.

Nothing in this section prohibits the Tribunal from publishing notices of hearings or other notices that may be necessary in the interests of justice or for the proper administration of this Act.

A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or both.