Commonwealth Numbered Acts

DAIRY PRODUCE ACT 1986 No. 54 of 1986 - SECT 119

119. (1) This section applies to every person who is or has been a member of
the Corporation or of the staff assisting the Corporation.

(2) Subject to this section, a person to whom this section applies shall not,
either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act or as
otherwise required by law-

   (a)  make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any
        information concerning the affairs of a person acquired by that
        first-mentioned person by reason of that first-mentioned person's
        office as a member of the Corporation or as a member of the staff
        assisting the Corporation; or

   (b)  produce to any person an application or other document given to the
        Corporation by a manufacturer of dairy produce for the purpose of
        obtaining a market support payment or a
        supplementary market support payment under this Act, an application or
        other document given to the Corporation by a person for the purposes
        of section 99 or a return furnished to the Corporation by an exporter
        of dairy produce pursuant to section 110.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.

(3) Sub-section (2) does not apply to the disclosure of information, or the
production of a document, to the Minister, or to the Secretary to the
Department or an officer of the Department designated by the Secretary.

(4) Sub-section (2) does not prevent the Corporation from making public at any
time any information of a statistical nature.

(5) A person to whom information is communicated under sub-section (3) and an
employee or other person under the control of that first-mentioned person are,
in respect of that information, entitled to rights and privileges, and subject
to obligations and liabilities, under sub-section (2) as if they were persons
referred to in sub-section (1).

(6) An offence against sub-section (2) is punishable on summary conviction.
(7) In this section, "produce" includes permit access to.