Registration to Work with Vulnerable People Act 2013

In this section – court includes a tribunal, authority and person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions; divulge includes – communicate; and publish; officer means – the Registrar or a person who has been the Registrar; or an independent advisor or a person who has been an independent advisor; or any other person who is performing or exercising, or has performed or exercised, a function or power under this Act; produce includes allow access to; protected information means information about a person that is disclosed to, or obtained by, an officer because of the performance or exercise of a function or power under this Act by the officer or another person;

use information includes make a record of the information.

An officer must not use protected information about another person. Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.

An officer must not do any act that divulges protected information about a person. Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or both.

Neither subsection (2) nor (3) applies if the information is used or divulged – under this Act, another Act or a corresponding law; or in relation to the performance or exercise of a function or power, as an officer, under this Act, another Act or a corresponding law; or in a court proceeding.

Neither subsection (2) nor (3) applies to the using or divulging of protected information about a person with the person’s consent.

An officer need not divulge protected information to a court, or produce to a court a document containing protected information, unless it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this or another Act.