SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 8

SECURITY AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (CONTROL) ACT 1996 - SECT 8

8 .         Secrecy

        (1)         Except as provided in this section, a person must not record, use or divulge any information obtained by reason of any function that person has, or at any time had, in the administration of this Act or an Act repealed by section 95(1).

        Penalty: a fine of $15 000.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to the recording, use or divulging of information —

            (a)         in the course of duty;

            (b)         under this Act or another law;

            (c)         for the purposes of the investigation of any suspected offence or the conduct of proceedings against any person for an offence; or

            (d)         with the consent of the person to whom the information relates, or each of them if there is more than one.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not apply to the recording, use or divulging of statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to lead to the identification of any person to whom it relates.

        [Section 8 amended: No. 4 of 2008 s. 80(2).]