Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person has, or has at any time had, a duty, function or power under this Act; and
(b) the person discloses information to another person; and
(c) the information is * protected information; and
(d) the disclosure is not an * authorised disclosure.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
(2) Information is protected information if the information:
(a) either:
(i) is obtained by a person in the course of performing duties or functions, or exercising powers, under this Act; or
(ii) was information to which subparagraph (i) applied and is obtained by a person by way of an * authorised disclosure under section 323-10, 323-15 or 323-20; and
(b) relates to a person other than the person who obtained it.
(3) A disclosure of information is an authorised disclosure if the disclosure is one that the person may make under section 323-5, 323-10, 323-15, 323-20, 323-25, 323-30 or 323-35.