Queensland Consolidated Acts

LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 - SECT 26

26 Conferencing chairperson to maintain secrecy

(1) A conferencing chairperson must not, without reasonable excuse, disclose information coming to the chairperson’s knowledge during a conferencing session.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) It is a reasonable excuse to disclose information if the disclosure is made—

(a) with the agreement of all the parties to the conferencing session; or

(b) for this division; or

(c) for statistical purposes without revealing, or being likely to reveal, the identity of a person about whom the information relates; or

(d) for an inquiry or proceeding about an offence happening during the conferencing session; or

(e) for a proceeding founded on fraud alleged to be connected with, or to have happened during, the conferencing session; or

(f) under a requirement imposed under an Act.