Disclosure etc. of information restricted
127 Disclosure etc. of information restricted
A person must not directly or indirectly —
make a record of; or
make use of; or
disclose or communicate to another person,
information to which this section applies.
Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.
This section applies to information contained in any document of or in the possession or under the control of —
the Minister; or
the Department; or
an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander agency, approved by the CEO for the purposes of section 16A(2) 2; or
a private adoption agency; or
a contact and mediation licensee,
relating to an adoption or proposed adoption, an adoption service conducted in relation to an adoptee or a prospective adoptee, the parties to an adoption or proposed adoption, an adoption plan in relation to an adoptee or prospective adoptee, or mediation between the parties to an adoption or proposed adoption, or the discharge of an adoption order.
This section does not apply to the recording, use, disclosure or communication of information —
under and in accordance with this Act or any other law; or
in the course of duty; or
for the purposes of proceedings in any court in relation to matters under or in relation to, or offences against, this Act; or
with the written authority of the Minister or all persons to whom the information relates.
[Section 127 amended: No. 8 of 2003 s. 73; No. 34 of 2004 Sch. 2 cl. 2(8); No. 15 of 2012 s. 70.]
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