Queensland Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 109

(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm or injustice to a person, the tribunal may, but only to the extent necessary, by order (a confidentiality order)—

(a) withhold from an active party or other person a document, or part of a document, before the tribunal; or

(b) withhold from an active party or other person other information before the tribunal.

(2) To the extent a document or part of a document contains health information for a person, or to the extent other information is health information for a person, serious harm to the person includes significant health detriment to the person.

(3) The tribunal may make a confidentiality order on its own initiative or on the application of an active party.

(4) Also, the tribunal may make a confidentiality order in relation to a document or other information on the application of the entity who prepared or provided the document or other information.

(5) A person must not contravene a confidentiality order, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty for subsection (5)—200 penalty units.