Western Australian Consolidated Acts

INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1986 - SECT 10B

10B .         Confidential information

        (1)         Nothing in this Act entitles the Minister to have information in the possession of the Commission concerning the affairs of the Commission in a form that — 

            (a)         discloses the identity and affairs of any person who is or has been a customer of the Commission in the person’s capacity as such a customer; or

            (b)         might enable the identity and affairs of any such person in that capacity to be ascertained.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply where disclosure of the information — 

            (a)         is required by some other written law; or

            (b)         is authorised by the customer.

        (3)         In this section —

        Commission includes the State Government Insurance Office established by the State Government Insurance Office Act 1938  ³ and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Trust constituted by the Motor Vehicle (Third Party Insurance) Act 1943 ;

        customer means a person who is or may become a current or former insured party of, or a claimant against, the Commission and an agent, broker or attorney appointed or engaged by the Commission.

        [Section 10B inserted by No. 45 of 1996 s. 12.]