Queensland Consolidated Acts

GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 80ZT

80ZT Informal decision-makers must maintain confidentiality

(1) This section applies if an informal decision-maker gains confidential information under the Disability Services Act 2006 , part 6 about an adult with an intellectual or cognitive disability.

Note—

A guardian who gains confidential information is subject to confidentiality requirements under section 249 .

(2) The informal decision-maker must not disclose the information to anyone other than under subsection (3) .

(3) The informal decision-maker may disclose the information to someone else—

(a) for this Act or the Disability Services Act 2006 ; or

(b) to discharge a function under another law; or

(c) for a proceeding in a court or tribunal; or

(d) if authorised under another law or a regulation made under this Act; or

(e) if authorised in writing by the adult to whom the information relates; or

(f) to protect a person with a disability, within the meaning of the Disability Services Act 2006 , section 11 , from abuse, neglect or exploitation.

(4) 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.