Meaning of excluded information
144C Meaning of excluded information
S. 144C inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 7, amended by No. 11/2018 s. 46.
In this Part, confidential information is excluded information if it is of a kind prescribed or the collection, use or disclosure of that information could be reasonably expected to—
endanger a person's life or result in physical injury; or
prejudice the investigation of a breach or possible breach of the law or prejudice the enforcement or proper administration of the law in a particular instance; or
prejudice a coronial inquest or inquiry; or
prejudice the fair trial of a person or the impartial adjudication of a particular case; or
disclose the contents of a document, or a communication, that is of such a nature that the contents of the document, or the communication, would be privileged from production in legal proceedings on the ground of legal professional privilege or client legal privilege; or
disclose, or enable a person to ascertain, the identity of a confidential source of information in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law; or
contravene a court order or a provision made by or under this Act or any other Act that—
prohibits or restricts, or authorises a court or tribunal to prohibit or restrict, the publication or other disclosure of information for or in connection with any proceeding; or
requires or authorises a court or tribunal to close any proceeding to the public; or
be contrary to the public interest.
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