Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated ActsWhere access has been given to a document and—
(a) the access was required by this Act to be given or would, but for section 11 (3) or that subsection as modified by regulations made under section 11 (4), have been so required to be given; or
(b) the access was authorised by a Minister, or by an officer having authority under section 22 or 59 to make decisions in respect of requests, in the honest belief that the access was required by this Act to be given;
neither the person authorising the access nor any person concerned in the giving of the access is guilty of a criminal offence only because of the authorising or giving of the access.