Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 846

    (1)     An information holder commits an offence if the information holder—

        (a)     makes a record of protected information about someone else; and

        (b)     is reckless about whether the information is protected information about someone else.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (2)     An information holder commits an offence if the information holder—

        (a)     does something that divulges protected information about someone else; and

        (b)     is reckless about whether—

              (i)     the information is protected information about someone else; and

              (ii)     doing the thing would result in the information being divulged to someone else.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (3)     A person, other than an information holder, commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     is given protected information about someone else under section 856C for the purpose of the proper handling of a civil claim by the person or someone else; and

        (b)     divulges the protected information for a purpose other than the proper handling of the civil claim; and

        (c)     is reckless about whether—

              (i)     the information is protected information about someone else; and

              (ii)     the purpose is for the proper handling of the civil claim.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.