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DEFENCE REGULATION 2016 (F2016L01568) - REG 37

Disclosure of information about honours and awards

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person discloses information; and

                     (b)  the information is obtained by the person as a member of the Defence Honours and Awards Appeals Tribunal, or as a person assisting the Tribunal; and

                     (c)  the information is part of or relates to an application for review of a reviewable decision (within the meaning of section 110V of the Act).

Penalty:  10 penalty units.

             (2)  Subsection (1) does not apply if:

                     (a)  the disclosure is in the performance of the person's duties as a member of the Tribunal, or as a person assisting the Tribunal; or

                     (b)  the disclosure of the information is permitted or required by the Act or by procedural rules made under section 110XH of the Act; or

                     (c)  the disclosure of the information is the subject of an order under section 110XD of the Act; or

                     (d)  the disclosure of the information is only by or to the person to whom the information relates; or

                     (e)  the disclosure of the information is authorised by the person to whom the information relates.

   



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