Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Administration Act 2004 - SECT 47

Prohibition on disclosure of certain information

47. Prohibition on disclosure of certain information



(1) A person must not disclose, except in the course of duty to another person
exercising functions under this Act, any information which has come to his or
her knowledge by reason directly or indirectly of conducting a systems review,
special inquiry or special review under Subdivision 2 or a review of actions
under Subdivision 3 if the person from whom that information was obtained
could not, but for the conduct of the review or inquiry, lawfully have
disclosed that information to that person.

(2) Despite subsection (1) or any other law to the contrary, the Authority or
the Public Sector Standards Commissioner may include in a report under section
74 any information covered by subsection (1) if the Authority or the Public
Sector Standards Commissioner (as the case requires) considers that-

   (a)  the information is relevant to the subject-matter of the report; and

   (b)  the inclusion of the information in the report is in the public
        interest.