Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 - SECT 66

Secrecy

66. Secrecy



(1) The Secretary with the approval of the Minister may declare information
about flora or fauna to be confidential if the Secretary is of the opinion
that the disclosure of that information is likely to result in an unreasonable
level of harm being done to the flora or fauna or its critical habitat.

(2) If in the course of performing duties under this Act a person gets
information which has been declared to be confidential that person must not
disclose or make use of that information except to the extent necessary to
perform that person's duties or for the purpose of legal proceedings.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.