Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A commission may take into account and to such extent as it thinks appropriate, rely upon any evidence or other material given or produced before a deputy to a commission and upon any report and any recommendation of that deputy to the commission.
(2) A commission may in its discretion disclose—
(a) whether or not a report or recommendation has been or will be made to it by a deputy to a commission; and
(b) the terms of any such report or recommendation; and
(c) whether or not or to what extent (if any) that report or recommendation has been or will be taken into account or relied upon by the commission.
(3) A person shall not, without the written permission of the chairperson, make disclosure (otherwise than to the commission) of any of the matters referred to in subsection (2).
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 1 year's imprisonment.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a disclosure of a matter that had previously been disclosed by the commission.