Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person who—
(a) is, or has been, a public service employee in the department or a selection panel member; and
(b) in that capacity acquired information, or gained access to a document, under this division about someone else's criminal history or about an investigation relating to the possible commission of a serious offence by someone else.
(2) The person must not disclose the information, or give access to the document, to anyone else.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the disclosure of information, or giving of access to a document, about a person—
(a) to a public service employee in the department, or a selection panel member, for the purpose of assessing the person's suitability to be, or continue to be, a relevant person; or
(b) with the person's consent; or
(c) if the disclosure or giving of access is otherwise required under an Act.
(4) In this section—
selection panel member means a member of a panel formed to make a recommendation to the chief executive about a person becoming, or being promoted as, a relevant person.