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ENERGY COORDINATION ACT 1994 - SECT 24

24 .         Confidentiality

        (1)         The Coordinator, the Director or any person performing functions under this Act (a relevant official ) must not, directly or indirectly, record, disclose or make use of any information obtained in the course of duty except — 

            (a)         for the purpose of performing functions under this Act; or

            (b)         as required or allowed by this Act or under a written law; or

            (c)         with the written consent of the person to whom the information relates.

        Penalty:

            (a)         in the case of information to which section 21 applies, $10 000 and imprisonment for 12 months;

            (b)         in any other case $5 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) and section 24AA(1) do not apply to the disclosure of any summary or statistical information that could not reasonably be expected to enable particulars relating to any person or business to be ascertained.

        [Section 24 amended by No. 53 of 2003 s. 71.]



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