Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 146J

146J Disclosure of information

(1) This section applies to a person to whom the existence of any of the following (
"relevant information" ) becomes known—

(a) an application for—

(i) approval of a controlled operation; or

(ii) a variation of an approval given for a controlled operation;

(b) a decision of the committee to recommend the approval of, or the variation of an approval for, a controlled operation, and the committee’s recommendation;

(c) an approval of—

(i) a controlled operation; or

(ii) a variation of an approval given for a controlled operation;

(d) information about a controlled operation;

(f) the actual identity of a covert operative.

(2) The person must not disclose relevant information, other than—

(a) for the purposes of this part; or

(b) with the approval of the commission; or

(c) to the extent—

(i) the information has generally been made known; or

(ii) it is in the public interest to disclose the information.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.