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AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT 1991 - SECT 49

49 Unauthorised disclosure of confidential information by a designated officer

(1) A designated officer or former designated officer must not, whether directly or indirectly, disclose confidential information unless the disclosure is authorised under part 7, division 1.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the disclosure of confidential information to the person to whom the confidential information relates.

(3) In this section—

confidential information means information a person has because of being a designated officer that identifies a person as a person who is receiving, or has received, an ambulance service.

designated officer means—

(a) the chief executive; or
(b) a service officer; or
(c) an honorary ambulance officer; or
(d) an agent of the service.

former designated officer means a person who was, but is no longer, a designated officer.



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