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INTERACTIVE GAMBLING (PLAYER PROTECTION) ACT 1998 - SECT 260
Confidentiality of information
260 Confidentiality of information
(1) A person who is, or was, an inspector, or officer or employee of the
department, must not disclose confidential information gained by the person in
performing functions under this Act. Penalty— Maximum penalty—200
penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to
the disclosure of confidential information by a person— (a) for a purpose
under this Act, a gaming Act or a corresponding law; or
(b) with a lawful
excuse; or
(c) under an approval of the chief executive under this section.
(3) The chief executive may approve the disclosure of confidential information
by a person to— (a) an entity prescribed under a regulation; or
(b) an
officer, employee or member of the entity; or
(c) a stated department, person
or other entity.
(4) Before giving an approval for subsection (3) (c) , the
chief executive must— (a) give written notice of the proposed approval to
any person whom the chief executive considers likely to be affected adversely
by the disclosure; and
(b) give the person the opportunity of making a
submission about the proposed approval within the time (not less than 14 days)
stated in the notice.
(5) If confidential information is disclosed to an
entity or person under an approval given by the chief executive, the entity or
person, and any employee or other person under the control of the entity or
person, are taken to be persons to whom subsection (1) applies and to have
gained the information in performing functions under this Act.
(6) In this
section—
"confidential information" means information, other than information that is
publicly available, about— (a) a person’s personal affairs, business
affairs or reputation, character, criminal history, current financial position
or financial background; or
(b) a person making an application under this
Act.
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