(1) An officer of the ombudsman, an officer of an agency, or another person
who obtains information in a preliminary inquiry or an investigation or the
performance of another function of the ombudsman under this Act must not—
(a) disclose the information other than as a part of—
(i) the performance of
the function; or
(ii) formulating a report about the performance of the
function; or
(iii) formulating a recommendation arising out of the
performance of the function; or
(iv) proceedings for an offence under this
Act alleged to have been committed in the performance of the function; or
(v)
if the information does not disclose the identity of a person, or information
from which a person’s identity could be deduced—
(A) providing information
or other help to an agency for the improvement of its administrative practices
and procedures; or
(B) undertaking research relevant to a function of the
ombudsman under this Act; or
(b) use the information to benefit any person.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1)
does not apply to the disclosure of information under section 91A.
(3) In
this section—
"officer of the ombudsman" includes the ombudsman.
