Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION ACT 2009 - SECT 212N

  (1)   A person is not liable to any proceedings for contravening a secrecy provision in respect of a recording or disclosure authorised under subsection   212M(3), unless the secrecy provision is a designated secrecy provision.

  (2)   A secrecy provision is a provision that:

  (a)   is a provision of a law of the Commonwealth (other than this Act); and

  (b)   prohibits or regulates the use or disclosure of information.

  (3)   A designated secrecy provision is any of the following:

  (a)   sections   18 to 18B and 92 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 ;

  (b)   section   34 of the Inspector - General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 ;

  (c)   sections   39 to 41 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 ;

  (d)   section   8WB of the Taxation Administration Act 1953 ;

  (e)   a provision of a law of the Commonwealth prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this paragraph under section   212U;

  (f)   a provision of a law of the Commonwealth of a kind prescribed by rules made for the purposes of this paragraph under section   212U.