Western Australian Current Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 109

109 .         Personal information of another etc., obtaining access to by deceit etc. is offence

                A person who, in order to gain access to a document containing —

            (a)         personal information about another person; or

            (b)         information about the business, professional, commercial or financial affairs of another person,

                knowingly deceives or misleads a person performing functions under this Act commits an offence.

        Penalty:

            (a)         for an individual — $6 000;

            (b)         for a body corporate — $10 000.

        [Section 109 amended: No. 50 of 2003 s. 64(3).]