POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 10.2
Authorisation of disclosure
POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION ACT 1990 - SECT 10.2
Authorisation of disclosure
10.2 Authorisation of disclosure
(1) The commissioner may, in writing, authorise disclosure of information that
is in the possession of the police service.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply
if section 5A .20(4), 5A.21A(4), 5AA.14(3), 10.2A, 10.2B or 10.2D, or a
provision of division 1AA , applies to the information.
(3) Authorisation
under subsection (1) must accord with any regulations made in relation to
disclosure of such information, and any such authorisation is to be taken as
authorising disclosure in accordance with any such regulations.
(4) Also,
subject to any regulation made under subsection (3) , the commissioner may
impose conditions on the disclosure of information under this section.
(5) A
person to whom the information is disclosed must not contravene a condition
imposed under subsection (4) .
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—40 penalty
units.
(6) Neither the Crown nor any person incurs any liability in law on
account of a disclosure of information made under and in accordance with the
commissioner’s authorisation.
