ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 70 Effects of disclosure exemption

ANIMAL CARE AND PROTECTION ACT 2001 - SECT 70

70 Effects of disclosure exemption

(1) The chief executive must not allow a person (the
"first person" ) to inspect, take extracts from or copy exempted material unless—

(a) the relevant registered person has agreed in writing; or

(b) the first person is performing functions under or in relation to the administration of this Act; or

(c) the disclosure is expressly permitted or required under another Act.

(2) An official must not disclose exempted material acquired by the official in the official’s capacity as an official to anyone else, unless the disclosure is made under subsection (1) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) In this section—


"exempted material" means any of the following that the relevant registered person has not publicly disclosed—

(a) the registration details the subject of a disclosure exemption;

(b) a part of a document submitted, or proposed to be submitted, under this Act that contains the details.

"official" means—

(a) a person who is, or has been, a public service employee; or

(b) another person performing functions under or in relation to the administration of this Act.