Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 181(1) amended by No. 78/2005 s. 58(1).
(1)Except to the extent necessary for the purposes of the administration of this Act, a person engaged or employed in the administration of this Act must not disclose information gained because of that person's engagement or employment or information contained in a record, return or report prepared by that person to any person except—
(a) a court; or
(b) the Committee; or
(c) the Minister; or
S. 181(1)(d) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 63.16).
(d) the Chief Commissioner or a police officer; or
(e) any person or body in another State or a Territory or the Commonwealth who performs tasks (whether or not as a delegate or agent or otherwise) which correspond with those performed by the Chief Commissioner under this Act; or
(f) any body formed between the States and Territories or between the Commonwealth, the States and the Territories, if the disclosure of information is approved by the Chief Commissioner; or
S. 181(1)(g) substituted by No. 82/2012 s. 288.
(g) an Ombudsman officer within the meaning of the Ombudsman Act 1973 .
Penalty: 60 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.
S. 181(2) inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 65.
(2) Despite subsection (1), in relation to an application for membership of an approved handgun target shooting club or an approved firearms collectors club, the Chief Commissioner may disclose, to a nominated officer of the club, any information as to the following—
(a) the firearms held by the applicant for membership of the club;
(b) any other approved handgun target shooting club or approved firearms collectors club (as the case requires) of which the applicant is a member;
S. 181(2)(ba) inserted by No. 50/2007 s. 48.
(ba) any approved handgun target shooting club or approved firearms collectors club (as the case requires) of which the applicant has been a member at any time during the 12 months immediately before the application was made;
(c) any other approved handgun target shooting club or approved firearms collectors club (as the case requires) of which the Chief Commissioner is aware the applicant has been refused membership in the 5 years immediately preceding the application;
(d) any firearms licence held by the applicant that has been cancelled in the 5 years immediately preceding the application;
S. 181(2)(e) amended by No. 78/2005 s. 58(2)(a).
(e) any application for a licence or permit under this Act by the applicant that has not been granted by the Chief Commissioner in the 5 years immediately preceding the application;
S. 181(2)(f) inserted by No. 78/2005 s. 58(2)(b).
(f) any other information that is necessary to enable the club to perform its functions under this Act.
Note to s. 181 inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 38.
Note
See also Part 5A of the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 in respect of the use and disclosure obligations of persons or bodies prescribed to be information sharing entities under that Act.
S. 181A inserted by No. 28/2003 s. 66.