Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts19. (1) 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 Community Advocate;
(b) a member of the staff of the Advocate; or
(c) a person acting under the direction or authority of the Advocate;
(a) concerns a person; and
(b) is disclosed to, or obtained by, a person to whom this section applies because of the exercise of a power or the performance of a duty or function by the person under or in relation to this Act.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), 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 exercise of a power, or the performance of a duty or function, as a person to whom this section applies, under or in relation to this Act or another Act.
Penalty: $5, 000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.
(3) Subsection (2) 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.
(4) 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 Act.