Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A person who
misuses information obtained by reason of any function that person has, or at
any time had, under or in accordance with this Act or any other Act commits an
offence.
Penalty: $20 000.
(2) A person misuses
information if it is, directly or indirectly, recorded, used, or disclosed to
another person, other than —
(a) in
the course of duty;
(b)
under this Act or any other Act;
(c) for
the purposes of the investigation of any suspected offence or the conduct of
proceedings against any person for an offence;
(d) in a
manner that could not reasonably be expected to lead to the identification of
any person to whom the information refers; or
(e) with
the consent of the person to whom the information relates, or each of them if
there is more than one.
(3) In this
section —
information means information concerning the
affairs of a person.
[Section 24 inserted by No. 28 of 2006
s. 77.]