Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

STUDENT ASSISTANCE ACT 1973 - SECT 352

    If:

  (a)   a person intentionally obtains information; and

  (c)   the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the information is protected information;

the person commits an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a period of not more than 2 years.

Note 1:   Subsection   4B(2) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court that convicts an individual of an offence to impose a fine instead of, or in addition to, a term of imprisonment. The maximum fine that a court can impose on the individual is worked out by multiplying the maximum term of imprisonment (in months) by 5, and then multiplying the resulting number by the amount of a penalty unit. The amount of a penalty unit is stated in section   4AA of that Act.

Note 2:   A person, including an officer, is authorised to obtain protected information for the purposes of this Act (see subsection   351(1)).

Note 3:   For protected information see subsection   3(1).