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DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 - SECT 43U

43U Confidentiality of information

(1) A person must not, directly or indirectly, disclose information obtained under section 43D to anyone else.

Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to--

(a) an act done for the purposes of an Act; or
Examples of an act done for the purposes of an Act--
giving documents to the commissioner of the police service under section 43D(1)(d) of this Act
producing documents to an environmental health officer under section 43I(2)(a) of this Act
(b) disclosure of information to a police officer to enable the police officer to perform his or her functions as a police officer; or
(c) disclosure of information in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or
(d) disclosure of information in a way that conceals the identity of the recipient of a controlled substance or controlled thing, or if the recipient purports to obtain the substance or thing for another person, the identity of the other person.

(3) In this section--

recipient means recipient as defined under section 43D(1).



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