SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 48 Disclosure of information

This legislation has been repealed.

SENTENCING ACT 1989 - SECT 48

48 Disclosure of information

(1) A person shall not:

(a) disclose any information to another person, or

(b) supply to another person any report or other document,

relating to a prisoner and furnished to the Board, unless the disclosure or supply is:

(c) made in connection with the administration of this Act or the regulations, or

(d) made with the prior permission of the Board, or

(e) ordered by a court, or by any other body or person authorised by law to examine witnesses, in the course of, and for the purpose of, the hearing or determination by that court, body or person of any matter or thing, or

(f) made in accordance with the regulations.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) The Board may grant permission as referred to in subsection (1) (d) only if it is satisfied that to do so would be in the public interest or in the interest of the prisoner concerned.