Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 1998 - SECT 34

Secrecy

34. Secrecy



(1) This section applies to any person who is or has been-

   (a)  a member of the Tribunal;

   (b)  a registrar or other member of staff of the Tribunal;

   (c)  a person acting under the authority of the Tribunal.



(2) Except as permitted by this section, a person to whom this section applies
must not directly or indirectly make a record of, or disclose to any person,
any information about the affairs of a person acquired in the performance of
functions under or in connection with this Act or an enabling enactment.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(3) A person to whom this section applies may record or disclose information
referred to in subsection (2)-

   (a)  with the written consent of the person to whom the information
        relates; or

   (b)  in connection with the performance of functions under this Act or an
        enabling enactment.

(4) A person to whom this section applies may disclose any information
referred to in subsection (2) to a member of the police force for the purposes
of reporting a suspected offence or assisting in the investigation of a
suspected offence.

(5) A person to whom this section applies may disclose any information
referred to in subsection (2) for statistical purposes to a person approved by
the Minister provided that the information does not identify any person to
whom it relates.

(6) Nothing in this section1 applies to the recording or disclosure of-

   (a)  anything said or done at a hearing of the Tribunal (other than at a
        hearing that the Tribunal has directed to be held in private); or

   (b)  any decision or order of the Tribunal or the reasons for any such
        decision or order.