HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53ZK

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53ZK

53ZK .         Confidential commercial information may only be disclosed in certain circumstances

        (1)         A person commits an offence if —

            (a)         the person discloses confidential commercial information that the person has only because of performing duties or functions under this Part or under a corresponding law; and

            (b)         the person knows that the information is confidential commercial information; and

            (c)         the disclosure is not —

                  (i)         to the Commonwealth, a Commonwealth authority or a State agency in the course of carrying out duties or functions under this Part or under a corresponding law; or

                  (ii)         by order of a court; or

                  (iii)         with the consent of each person to whom the information has a commercial or other value.

        Penalty: A fine of 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

        (2)         A person commits an offence if —

            (a)         the person discloses confidential commercial information that the person has only because of a disclosure permitted under subsection (1) or this subsection; and

            (b)         the person knows that the information is confidential commercial information; and

            (c)         the disclosure is not —

                  (i)         to the Commonwealth, a Commonwealth authority or a State agency in the course of carrying out duties or functions under this Part or under a corresponding law; or

                  (ii)         by order of a court; or

                  (iii)         with the consent of each person to whom the information has a commercial or other value.

        Penalty: A fine of 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

        (3)         In this section —

        Commonwealth authority means —

            (a)         a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under an Act of the Commonwealth; or

            (b)         a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together —

                  (i)         the Commonwealth;

                  (ii)         a body covered by paragraph (a);

                  (iii)         a body covered by subparagraph (i) or (ii);

        court includes a tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions;

        State agency means —

            (a)         the Crown in right of a State; or

            (b)         a Minister of a State; or

            (c)         a department of the Government of a State; or

            (d)         an instrumentality of a State, including a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of a State; or

            (e)         a company in which a controlling interest is held by any one of the following persons, or by 2 or more of the following persons together —

                  (i)         the Crown in right of a State;

                  (ii)         a person or body covered by paragraph (b) or (d);

                  (iii)         a person or body covered by subparagraph (i) or (ii).

        [Section 53ZK inserted: No. 17 of 2004 s. 36.]