A NEW TAX SYSTEM (FAMILY ASSISTANCE) (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 167 Protection of certain documents etc. from production to court etc.

A NEW TAX SYSTEM (FAMILY ASSISTANCE) (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1999 - SECT 167

    An officer must not, except for the purposes of the family assistance law or the Royal Commissions Act 1902 , be required:

  (a)   to produce any document in his or her possession; or

  (b)   to disclose any matter or thing of which he or she had notice;

because of the officer's powers, or the performance of the officer's duties or functions, under the family assistance law, to:

  (c)   a court; or

  (d)   a tribunal; or

  (e)   an authority; or

  (f)   a person;

having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.