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MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1993 - SECT 34

34—Duty to maintain confidentiality

        (1)         A person engaged in the administration of this Act who divulges any personal information relating to a person in respect of whom any proceedings or other action has been taken under this Act (being information obtained in the course of that administration) is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: Division 5 fine.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not prevent a person from—

            (a)         divulging information if authorised or required to do so by law or by his or her employer; or

            (b)         divulging statistical or other data that could not reasonably be expected to lead to the identification of any person to whom it relates.



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