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WATER SERVICES LICENSING ACT 1995 - SECT 60B

60B .         Confidentiality

        (1)         This section applies to a person —

            (a)         who has been the Coordinator of Water Services under this Act;

            (b)         who is or has been a member of the Board; or

            (c)         who is or has been a person performing functions under this Act.

        (2)         A person to whom this section applies must not, directly or indirectly, record, disclose or make use of any information obtained in the course of duty except — 

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

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

            (c)         with the written consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

            (d)         in other prescribed circumstances.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not apply to the disclosure of any summary or statistical information that could not reasonably be expected to enable particulars relating to any person or business to be ascertained.

        [Section 60B inserted by No. 39 of 1999 s. 8; amended by No. 67 of 2003 s. 62.]



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