New South Wales Consolidated Acts

JUDICIAL OFFICERS ACT 1986 - SECT 37

37 Disclosure of information by members or officers of Commission

(1) A member or officer of the Commission or Conduct Division, or a member of a committee of the Commission, shall not disclose any information obtained by the member or officer in the course of his or her office in relation to a complaint, unless the disclosure is made:

(a) with the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained,

(b) in connection with the administration or execution of this Act (except sections 8 and 9),

(c) for the purposes of any legal proceedings arising out of this Act or of any report of any such proceedings, or

(d) with other lawful excuse.

(2) This section does not operate to render admissible in any proceedings any evidence that would not have been so admissible if this section had not been enacted.

(3) A person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units or imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, or both.