LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 275A
LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 275A
275A . Information about Crown land interest holders, disclosing
(1) In this section
—
contact details includes postal address, telephone
number, facsimile number and email address;
Crown land interest holder means the holder of
—
(a) a
pastoral lease or other lease; or
(b) a
licence; or
(c) an
interest in relation to Crown land;
public authority means —
(a) a
department of the Public Service; or
(b) a
State instrumentality; or
(c) a
local government; or
(d) a
body that provides to members of the public water, drainage, gas, electricity
or ambulance or other emergency services; or
(e) a
prescribed agency of the Commonwealth.
(2) The chief
executive officer of the Department may disclose the name and contact details
of a Crown land interest holder to —
(a) an
officer or employee of a public authority for use in the performance of the
public authority’s functions; or
(b) the
Director General of Mines, as defined in the Mining Act 1978 section 8(1),
for providing the information to applicants for, or holders of, mining
tenements, as defined in that section, or to any other person who is required,
under that Act, to give notice to a Crown land interest holder; or
(c) a
prescribed person, in the circumstances and on such conditions as may be
prescribed.
(3) For the purposes
of this section, the Pastoral Lands Board may disclose the name and contact
details of a pastoral lessee to the chief executive officer of the Department
from the most recent return submitted by the pastoral lessee under
section 113.
(4) Information may be
disclosed under subsection (2) or (3), or provided under subsection (2)(b),
despite any written law relating to confidentiality or secrecy.
(5) If information is
disclosed, in good faith, under subsection (2) or (3), or provided under
subsection (2)(b) (the disclosure ) —
(a) no
civil or criminal liability, or liability to be punished for a contempt of
court, is incurred in respect of the disclosure; and
(b) the
disclosure is not to be regarded as a breach of any duty of confidentiality or
secrecy imposed by law; and
(c) the
disclosure is not to be regarded as a breach of professional ethics or
standards or as unprofessional conduct.
[Section 275A inserted: No. 8 of 2010 s. 15.]