Queensland Consolidated Acts

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 - SECT 220

220 Improper communication of official information

(1) A person—

(a) who is or has been—

(i) the commissioner; or

(ii) a member of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or

(iii) the registrar of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or

(iv) a member of the staff of the commission or the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or

(v) a person acting under the direction or authority of the commissioner or a member of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or

(vi) a person acting under a delegation under section 244 ; and

(b) who, in that capacity, acquired information about a person’s affairs or has custody of, or access to, a document about a person’s affairs;

must not—

(c) make a record of the information; or

(d) communicate the information or produce the document to another person.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—85 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months; or

(b) in the case of a corporation—170 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to making a record of information, communicating information or producing a document if—

(a) that is required for the performance of a function in connection with this Act; or

(b) that is required or permitted by another Act (whether of the Commonwealth or a State).

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to communicating information or producing a document to a person in accordance with an arrangement under part 3 of chapter 9 (Commonwealth/State arrangement).

(4) In this section—

"former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal" means the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal established under previous section 247 .

"previous section 247" means section 247 as in force before its repeal by the QCAT Amendment Act .

"produce" includes permit access to.

"QCAT Amendment Act" means the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Act 2009 .