Disclosure recipient prohibited from disclosing certain information they receive
13AZZV Disclosure recipient prohibited from disclosing certain information they receive
S. 13AZZV inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 9.
A person (a disclosure recipient) commits an offence if—
a person (an earlier discloser) discloses to the disclosure recipient—
the fact that a police detention decision has been made in relation to a person; or
the fact that a person is being detained under this Part; or
any information that a person communicates to a person while the person is being detained under this Part; and
the disclosure by the earlier discloser to the disclosure recipient contravenes—
section 13AZZP, 13AZZQ, 13AZZR, 13AZZS or 13AZZU; or
this section; and
the disclosure recipient intentionally discloses that information to another person; and
the disclosure by the disclosure recipient occurs while the person referred to in paragraph (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) is being detained under this Part; and
the disclosure is not made to a person exercising authority under this Part or implementing or enforcing the decision or with responsibility for the safety or wellbeing of the person being detained under this Part.
Penalty: Level 6 imprisonment (5 years maximum).
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