New South Wales Consolidated Acts

TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 54

54 Secrecy

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

(a) a member of the Tribunal,

(b) the Director-General,

(c) an authorised person referred to in section 44 (1) or 45 (1),

(d) the Registrar of the Tribunal,

(e) the Deputy Registrar of the Tribunal,

(f) a member of the staff assisting the Director-General or the Registrar of the Tribunal, or

(g) a person employed under section 19 of the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 .

(2) A person to whom this section applies shall not, either directly or indirectly, except in legal proceedings or in the exercise or performance of a power, authority, duty or function under or in connection with this Act, the Fair Trading Act 1987 , the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 or the corresponding Acts, or proposed Acts, of the legislature of the Commonwealth or of another State or of a Territory, make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information concerning the affairs of any person acquired by the person by reason of the person’s office or employment under or for the purposes of this Act.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.