Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been:
(b) a person acting as a Reviewer; or
(c) a person mentioned in subsection 473JE(2) who is assisting the Immigration Assessment Authority; or
(d) a person providing interpreting services in connection with a review by the Authority.
(2) This section applies to information or a document if the information or document concerns a person and is obtained by a person to whom this section applies in the course of performing functions or duties or exercising powers under this Act.
(3) A person to whom this section applies must not:
(a) make a record of any information to which this section applies; or
(b) divulge or communicate to any person any information to which this section applies;
unless the record is made or the information is divulged or communicated:
(c) for the purposes of this Act; or
(d) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power under this Act.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to the divulging or communication of information whether directly or indirectly.
(5) A person to whom this section applies must not be required to produce any document, or to divulge or communicate any information, to which this section applies to or in:
(c) a House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory; or
(d) a committee of a House, or the Houses, of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory; or
(e) any other authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions;
except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
(6) Nothing in this section affects a right that a person has under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 .
(7) For the purposes of this section, a person who is providing interpreting services in connection with a review by the Immigration Assessment Authority is taken to be performing a function under this Act.
"produce" includes permit access to.