Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person:
(i) makes a record of information; or
(ii) communicates information to a person; or
(iii) otherwise makes use of information; and
(b) at the time the person does so, the person is not a person to whom this section applies (within the meaning of subsection 150(1)); and
(c) the information is relevant information.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) If:
(a) the relevant information was communicated to a person under subsection 150(4G); and
(b) that person makes a record of, or communicates, the information for the purpose of a proceeding under section 113A of the Registration and Collection Act;
subsection (1) of this section does not apply to any further recording, communication or use of that information by a person who is not a person to whom this section applies.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
(3) In this section:
"relevant information" means:
(a) information about a person obtained from the records of:
(i) the Department; or
(ii) the Human Services Department within the meaning of this Act as in force at any time; or
(iii) the former Child Support Agency; or
(b) information to the effect that there is no information about a person held in the records of the Department, the Human Services Department or the former Child Support Agency.