Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) The Inspector-General for Emergency Management or any person performing any function or exercising any power on behalf of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management or engaged by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management must not, directly or indirectly, provide or disclose any confidential information acquired by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management or that person by reason of, or in the course of, the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management under this Act except—
(a) for the performance of the functions or the exercise of the powers of the Inspector-General for Emergency Management under this Act; or
(b) where the confidential information may relate to matters relevant to the commission of a criminal offence and the Inspector-General for Emergency Management considers that it would be in the public interest to do so, for the purpose of disclosing that confidential information to the Director of Public Prosecutions or a member of the police force; or
(c) where the confidential information is requested by the Coroner or where the Inspector-General for Emergency Management considers that it would be in the public interest to provide the confidential information to the Coroner having regard to the functions of the Coroner; or
(d) where the confidential information is provided or disclosed to—
(i) the Commissioner for Law Enforcement Data Security; or
(ii) the IBAC.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) In this section, "confidential information" means information acquired by the Inspector-General for Emergency Management or another person, by reason of, or in the course of, conducting a review or preparing a report for the purposes of section 64(1)(b) or (c) which is information that is not already available in the public domain.