Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsA person commits an offence if:
(a) the person:
(i) makes a record of information; or
(ii) discloses information to any other person; or
(iii) otherwise makes use of information; and
(b) the person is not authorised or required by or under this Act to make the record, disclosure or use of the information that is made by the person; and
(c) the information is protected Agency information.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
Note: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence against this section, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of up to 5 times the pecuniary penalty stated above.