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CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 330 Confidentiality

CRIMES ACT 1958 - SECT 330

Confidentiality

S. 330(1) amended by No. 36/2014 s. 7(2).

    (1)     If a disclosure is made under section 327(2), a person (other than the person who made it or a person acting with the written consent of the person who made it) must not disclose to any person other than a police officer or the Secretary (within the meaning of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 ) or any other person to the extent reasonably required for law enforcement purposes—

        (a)     the name of the person who made the disclosure; or

        (b)     any information that is likely to lead to the identification of the person who made the disclosure.

Penalty:     Level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum).

S. 330(1A) inserted by No. 47/2016 s. 20.

    (1A)     An offence against subsection (1) is a summary offence.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure made to a court or tribunal in accordance with section 329.

    (3)     Part 4.4 of Chapter 4 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 applies to information disclosed under subsection (1) to the Secretary (within the meaning of that Act) as if it were a report under Division 2 of that Part.

Ss 327–332 repealed. [22]

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Pt 2 Div. 1 Subdivs (4)(5) (Headings and

ss 333, 334) repealed by No. 9576 s. 4(1).

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Pt 2 Div. 2 (Heading) repealed by No. 74/2000 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 30.3).

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S. 335 repealed by No. 56/1989 s. 286(Sch. 2 item 7.1).

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Pt 2 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 336–350) amended by Nos 7705 s. 10, 7876 s. 2(3), repealed by No. 8338 s. 5, new Pt 2 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 336339) inserted by No. 9073 s. 2(b).

Division 3—Criminal liability of married persons

New s. 336 inserted by No. 9073 s. 2(b).