Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a person to whom this section applies shall not—
(a) make a record of protected information; or
(b) directly or indirectly, divulge or communicate to a person protected information concerning another person;
unless the record is made or the information divulged or communicated in relation to the performance of a function, as a person to whom this section applies, under or in relation to this Act or another law.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person to whom this section applies from divulging or communicating protected information to a person about another person with the consent of that other person.
(3) A person to whom this section applies is not required—
(a) to divulge or communicate protected information to a court; or
(b) to produce a document containing protected information to a court;
except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this Act or another law.
(4) In this section:
"court" includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
"person to whom this section applies" means a person who is, or has been—
(a) the coordinator; or
(b) a person acting under the direction or authority of the coordinator.
"produce" includes permit access to.
"protected information" means information that—
(a) concerns the affairs of a person; and
(b) is disclosed to, or obtained by, a person to whom this section applies because of the performance of a function under or in relation to this Act or another law.