Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) An official of the Pricing Authority may disclose protected Pricing Authority information that is aged care information to:
(a) the Aged Care Advisory Committee; or
(b) a committee established under section 205.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is a member of a committee referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b); and
(b) protected Pricing Authority information has been disclosed under subsection (1) to the committee; and
(c) the person:
(i) discloses the information to another person; or
(ii) uses the information.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if:
(a) the disclosure or use is for the purposes of this Act; or
(b) the disclosure or use is for the purposes of the performance of the functions of the committee under this Act; or
(c) the disclosure or use is in the course of the person's service as a member of the committee.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to a matter in subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).