Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person who—
(a) is or has been—
(i) a patient's allied person; or
(ii) an agent representing a party at the hearing of a proceeding; or
(iii) a person appointed by the tribunal to represent a person's views, wishes and interests at a tribunal hearing; or
(iv) a person granted leave by the tribunal to attend a tribunal hearing to help a patient represent the patient's views, wishes and interests; and
(b) in that capacity acquired information about another person's affairs or has access to, or custody of, a document about another person's affairs.
(2) The person must not disclose the information, or give access to the document, to anyone else.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment.
(3) However, the person may disclose the information or give access to the document to someone else if—
(a) the disclosure or giving of access is otherwise required or permitted by law; or
(b) the person to whom the information relates agrees to the disclosure or giving of access and the person is an adult when the agreement is given.