Queensland Consolidated Acts

COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 - SECT 32B

32B Confidentiality of information

(1) This section applies to a chairperson, commissioner, deputy to a commission or anyone else who, for the purposes of an inquiry under a commission, has gained, gains, or has access to, confidential information.

(2) The person must not disclose the information to anyone or give access to the information to anyone other than—

(a) for a purpose under this Act; or

(b) with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

(c) in compliance with lawful process requiring production of documents or giving of evidence before a court or tribunal; or

(d) as permitted or required by another Act.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(3) In this section—

"confidential information" includes information about a person’s affairs, but does not include—

(a) information already publicly disclosed unless further disclosure of the information is prohibited by law; or

(b) statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom the information relates.