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VICTIMS OF CRIME ACT 1994 (NO. 83 OF 1994) - SECT 11

Secrecy

11. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person to whom this section applies shall not—

        (a)     make a record of protected information; or

        (b)     directly or indirectly, divulge or communicate to a person protected information concerning another person;

unless the record is made or the information divulged or communicated in relation to the performance of a function, as a person to whom this section applies, under or in relation to this Act or another law.

Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a person to whom this section applies from divulging or communicating protected information to a person about another person with the consent of that other person.

(3) A person to whom this section applies is not required—

        (a)     to divulge or communicate protected information to a court; or

        (b)     to produce a document containing protected information to a court;

except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of this Act or another law.

(4) In this section—

“court” includes any tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions;
“person to whom this section applies” means a person who is, or has been—

        (a)     the Coordinator; or

        (b)     a person acting under the direction or authority of the Coordinator;

“produce” includes permit access to;
“protected information” means information that—

        (a)     concerns the affairs of a person; and

        (b)     is disclosed to, or obtained by, a person to whom this section applies because of the performance of a function under or in relation to this Act or another law.


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