Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is an employee of the Commonwealth or a member of the Defence Force; and
(b) the person does any of the following things:
(i) discloses information contained in the IO records or IO report of an inquiry officer;
(ii) discloses a document, a part of a document, or a copy of all or a part of a document, that forms part of the IO records or IO report of an inquiry officer;
(iii) copies a document, or a part of a document, that forms part of the IO records or IO report of an inquiry officer; and
(c) the information or all or the part of the document mentioned in paragraph (b) came to the knowledge, or into the possession, of the person in the course of the performance of the person's duties as an employee of the Commonwealth or member of the Defence Force.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is permitted to disclose the information or all or the part of the document mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) under section 58.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in subsection (2) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code ).
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is authorised to disclose the information or all or the part of the document mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) under section 59.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter mentioned in subsection (3) (see section 13.3 of the Criminal Code ).