Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority Act 2004 - SECT 33

PART 5 GENERAL

Secrecy

33. Secrecy



(1) In this section confidential information means any information relating to
calls received or messages communicated by the Authority in the course of
providing a service to an
emergency services and other related services organisation.

(2) A person who has confidential information that he or she has received in
the course of carrying out duties under this Act must not, except to the
extent necessary to perform duties under this Act, record, disclose,
communicate or make use of that information.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent a person from-

   (a)  giving evidence or producing a document to a court in the course of
        criminal proceedings or proceedings under this Act, even though the
        evidence or document contains confidential information; or

   (b)  disclosing or communicating confidential information in accordance
        with the written authority of the Minister or the person to whom the
        information relates; or

   (c)  disclosing or communicating confidential information to the Ombudsman
        or the Ombudsman's officers; or

   (d)  disclosing confidential information to the extent specifically
        authorised by another Act.