Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a provision in another Act that enables the release of confidential information to--
(a) a court; or
(b) a party to a proceeding before a court.
Examples--
Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 299 (Production of department's records)
Child Protection Act 1999, section 186 (Confidentiality of notifiers of harm or risk of harm) or 190 (Production of department's records)
(2) The provision is taken to enable the disclosure of the information to the Coroners Court as if--
(a) a reference to the court is a reference to the Coroners Court; or
(b) a reference to a proceeding is a reference to an inquest; or
(c) a reference to a party is a reference to--
(i) a police officer, lawyer or other person helping the Coroners Court; or
(ii) a person who is to appear or is appearing at the inquest.
(3) To remove doubt, it is declared that this section does not negate anything in a provision that--
(a) allows a person to refuse to release confidential information or produce a document containing confidential information; and
Example--
the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006, section 214(2) (Preservation of confidentiality)
(b) requires a person to consent before information may be released.
Example--
the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006, section 82 (Conciliation privileged)
(4) A Coroners Court may only disclose information obtained under this section for a purpose connected with the inquest being conducted by the court.
(5) A person who has been given access to confidential information by a Coroners Court, including information in a document, must not directly or indirectly disclose the information--
(a) other than for the inquest; or
(b) unless the disclosure is permitted or required under this or another Act.
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.