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CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 319
Notice may be a confidential document
319 Notice may be a confidential document
(1) A notice given by the parliamentary commissioner under this division may
provide that it is a confidential document.
(2) A person must not disclose
the existence of a confidential document to anyone else, unless the person has
a reasonable excuse. Penalty— Maximum penalty—85 penalty units or 1
year’s imprisonment.
(3) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to
disclose the existence of a confidential document if— (a) the disclosure is
made— (i) for the purpose of seeking legal advice in relation to the
document or an offence against subsection (2) ; or
(ii) for the purpose of
obtaining information in order to comply with the document; or
(iii) for the
purpose of making a complaint to the parliamentary committee about the
document; or
(iv) in the course of the administration of this Act; and
(b)
the person informs the person to whom the disclosure is made that it is an
offence to disclose the existence of the document to anyone else unless the
person has a reasonable excuse.
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