Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) a report contains information about a person but does not identify the person (the de-identified person); and
(b) another person accesses the report.
(2) The other person must not, unless the other person has a reasonable excuse, publish information contained in the report to the public, or a section of the public, if the publication is likely to result in the identification of the de-identified person by a member of the public, or by a member of the section of the public to whom the information is published.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the other person is a person who has access to the report because of being, or an opportunity given by being—
(a) a relevant person; or
(b) an attorney.
Note—
For the confidentiality requirements for a relevant person, see section 249A and for the confidentiality requirements for an attorney, see the Powers of Attorney Act 1998, section 74A.
(4) In this section—
attorney means—
(a) an attorney under a power of attorney; or
(b) an attorney under an advance health directive; or
(c) a statutory health attorney.
relevant person see section 246.