New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DRUG AND ALCOHOL TREATMENT ACT 2007 - SECT 47

47 Disclosure of information

(1) A person must not disclose any information obtained in connection with the administration or execution of this Act or the regulations unless the disclosure is--

(a) made with the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained, or

(b) made in connection with the administration or execution of this Act, or

(c) made for the purposes of any legal proceedings arising out of this Act or the regulations or of any report of any such proceedings, or

(d) made with other lawful excuse, or

(e) necessary to assist or support the review of the Act under section 57.

: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

(2) A person is not required to comply with subsection (1) if non-compliance is necessarily implied or reasonably contemplated under an Act or law.