Commonwealth Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKPLACE RELATIONS ACT 1996 - SECT 486

             (1)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person discloses information; and

                     (b)  the information is protected information; and

                     (c)  the person has reasonable grounds to believe that the information will identify another person as a person referred to in paragraph 485(1)(a), (b), (c) or (d); and

                     (d)  the disclosure is not made by the person in the course of performing functions or duties:

                              (i)  as a Registry official; or

                             (ii)  as, or on behalf of, an authorised ballot agent; or

                            (iii)  as an authorised independent adviser; and

                     (e)  the disclosure is not required or authorised by this Act or by another Act, by regulations made for the purposes of another provision of this Act, or by regulations made for the purposes of another Act; and

                      (f)  the person whose identity is disclosed has not, in writing, authorised the disclosure.

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 6 months.

             (2)  In this section:

"protected information" , in relation to a person, means information that the person acquired:

                     (a)  in the course of performing functions or duties as a Registry official; or

                     (b)  in the course of performing functions or duties as, or on behalf of, an authorised ballot agent; or

                     (c)  from a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) who acquired the information as mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

"Registry official" means:

                     (a)  the Industrial Registrar; or

                     (b)  a member of the staff of the Industrial Registry (including a Deputy Industrial Registrar).