Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 89

89 Search warrant may be a confidential document

(1) If the search warrant provides that it is a confidential document, a person must not disclose the existence of the warrant to anyone else unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Penalty—

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

(2) It is a reasonable excuse for a person to disclose the existence of the warrant if—

(a) the disclosure is made—

(i) for the purpose of seeking legal advice in relation to the warrant or an offence against subsection (1) ; or

(ii) for the purpose of obtaining information in order to comply with the warrant; or

(iii) for the purpose of making a complaint to the commission or the parliamentary committee about the warrant; 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 warrant to anyone else unless the person has a reasonable excuse.