Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A person who is or was a Public Interest Monitor must not disclose information obtained or that came to the person's knowledge in the course of or as a result of his or her role, or the performance of his or her functions, as a Public Interest Monitor.
Penalty: 240 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), subsection (1) does not apply to disclosure of information by a Public Interest Monitor in the performance of his or her functions as a Public Interest Monitor.
(3) A Public Interest Monitor must not disclose information obtained or that came to his or her knowledge in the course of or as a result of performing his or her functions as a Public Interest Monitor to another Public Interest Monitor except to the extent necessary—
(a) to enable a Deputy Public Interest Monitor to discuss his or her functions with the Principal Public Interest Monitor and for the Principal Public Interest Monitor to discuss his or her functions with a Deputy Public Interest Monitor; or
(b) to enable a Deputy Public Interest Monitor to discuss his or her functions with another Deputy Public Interest Monitor if the Principal Public Interest Monitor is unavailable; or
(c) for the purposes of another Public Interest Monitor undertaking the functions of the Public Interest Monitor if the Public Interest Monitor is unable to perform those functions; or
(d) to enable the Principal Public Interest Monitor to prepare an annual report under this Act.
(4) A person who is or was a Public Interest Monitor is not compellable to disclose information obtained, or that came to the person's knowledge, in the course of or as a result of performing his or her functions as a Public Interest Monitor in any proceeding before a court, board, commission or tribunal.
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PART 4—GENERAL