New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SPORTS DRUG TESTING ACT 1995 - SECT 25

25 Disclosure of confidential information

(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been:

(a) a member of the Agency, or

(b) a member of a committee of the Agency, or

(c) an employee of, or consultant to, the Agency, or

(d) a person attending a meeting of the Agency or a committee of the Agency, or

(e) an employee of an accredited laboratory within the meaning of the Commonwealth Act.

(2) This section applies to information if the information concerns a person and is obtained by a person to whom this section applies:

(a) in the course of that person performing functions or duties or exercising powers under this Act or the applied provisions, or

(b) as a result of another person performing functions or duties or exercising powers under this Act or the applied provisions.

(3) A person to whom this section applies must not disclose or communicate (whether directly or indirectly) to any person any information to which this section applies unless the information is disclosed or communicated:

(a) for the purposes of this Act or the applied provisions, or

(b) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power under this Act or the applied provisions.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

(4) A person to whom this section applies must not be required:

(a) to produce in a court any document containing information to which this section applies, or

(b) to divulge or communicate to any court any information to which this section applies,

except where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act or the applied provisions.

(5) In this section:
"court" includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
"produce" includes permit access to.