RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 11A
RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES ACT 1987 - SECT 11A
11A . Information officially obtained to be confidential
(1) A person who
misuses information obtained by reason of any function that person has, or at
any time had, in the administration of this Act commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $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; or
(b)
under this Act; or
(c) for
the purposes of the investigation of any suspected offence or the conduct of
proceedings against any person for an offence; or
(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 11A inserted: No. 28 of 2006 s. 136;
amended: No. 60 of 2011 s. 10; No. 3 of 2019 s. 25.]