CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 846 Offence—secrecy of protected information
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 846
Offence—secrecy of protected information(1) An information holder commits an offence if the information holder—
(a) makes a record of protected information about someone else; and
(b) is reckless about whether the information is protected information about someone else.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) An information holder commits an offence if the information holder—
(a) does something that divulges protected information about someone else; and
(b) is reckless about whether—
(i) the information is protected information about someone else; and
(ii) doing the thing would result in the information being divulged to someone else.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.