Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(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.