Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION (SAFEGUARDS) ACT 1987 - SECT 71

  (1)   This section applies to a person who is or has been:

  (a)   the Director;

  (b)   an inspector;

  (c)   a member of staff referred to in section   55;

  (d)   a person engaged under section   56; or

  (e)   an employee of a person engaged under section   56.

  (2)   A person to whom this section applies shall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of an international agreement:

  (a)   produce to any person a document:

  (i)   given to the Director or to an inspector pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority or pursuant to an order or direction under section   73;

  (ii)   given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector pursuant to an international agreement under which the document is to be treated as confidential; or

  (iii)   given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country with the stipulation that the document is to be treated as confidential;

  (b)   make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, the contents of a document referred to in paragraph   ( a); or

  (c)   make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information:

  (i)   given to the Director or an inspector pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority or pursuant to an order or direction under section   73; or

  (ii)   given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector pursuant to an international agreement under which the information is to be treated as confidential.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 2 years.