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RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 499 Confidentiality

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1997 - SECT 499

Confidentiality

    (1)     In this section, relevant person means a person who is or has been—

S. 499(1)

(a)–(c) repealed by No. 52/1998

s. 240(a)(i).

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        (d)     the Director; or

S. 499(1)(e) substituted by No. 35/2000 s. 50(b), amended by No. 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch.  3 item 174).

        (e)     a person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 in the administration of this Act; or

        (f)     a person to whom the Director had delegated a function or power under this Act.

S. 499(2) amended by Nos 67/2010 s. 155, 45/2018 s. 329(1).

    (2)     Subject to subsection (3), a relevant person must not, either directly or indirectly, make a record of or divulge or communicate to any person, information concerning the affairs of a person, being information acquired by the relevant person by reason of his or her office or employment under or for the purposes of this Act.

Penalty:     150 penalty units.

    (3)     Nothing in subsection (2) precludes a person from—

        (a)     making a record of or divulging or communicating information—

S. 499(3)(a)(i) amended by No. 45/2002 s. 97.

              (i)     in the performance of a function or the exercise of a power under this or any other Act; or

S. 499(3)(a)(ia) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 329(2).

        (ia)     to a law enforcement agency or other government agency, for a purpose referred to in clause 2.1(g) and (h) of Schedule 1 to the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 ; or

              (ii)     with the written authority of the Minister; or

              (iii)     with the written authority of the person to whom the information relates; or

        (b)     producing a document to a court in the course of criminal proceedings or in the course of any proceedings under this or any other Act; or

        (c)     divulging or communicating to a court in the course of any proceedings referred to in paragraph (b) any matter or thing coming under his or her notice in the performance of a function or the exercise of a power referred to in paragraph (a); or

        (d)     providing non-identifying information for statistical purposes only to any person approved by the Minister.

S. 499(4) repealed by No. 52/1998

s. 240(a)(ii).

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S. 500 repealed by No. 103/2004 s. 62.

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S. 501 (Heading) inserted by No. 45/2018 s. 330(1).

S. 501 amended by Nos 67/2010 ss 67(a), 156, 45/2018 s. 330(2)(3).