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STATE RECORDS ACT 2000 - SECT 77

77 .         Confidentiality

        (1)         This section applies to —

            (a)         a person who is or was a member of the Commission, or a committee of it;

            (b)         a person whose services the Commission makes or made use of, or who is or was engaged or employed to assist the Commission; and

            (c)         a person who is or was the Director or an officer in the State Records Office.

        (2)         A person to whom this section applies must not, directly or indirectly, disclose or make use of —

            (a)         any information that is in a State record to which the person has access in the course of duty;

            (b)         any information obtained in the course of duty,

                except —

            (c)         for the purpose of performing functions under this Act;

            (d)         as required or allowed by this Act or under another written law;

            (e)         in the case of a government record, with the consent of the government organization that has control of it.

        Penalty: $10 000.



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