Queensland Consolidated Acts

PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 - SECT 195C

195C Confidentiality

(1) A person who is a member of a community justice group must not—

(a) record or use information the person, or another person who is a member of the community justice group, gains through performing a function under this Act, or intentionally disclose it to anyone, other than under subsection (2) ; or

(b) recklessly disclose the information to anyone.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(2) A person who is a member of a community justice group may—

(a) record, use or disclose the information if the recording, use or disclosure—

(i) is done as part of making submissions to the court under section 9 (2) (p) ; or

(ii) is otherwise required or permitted by law; or

(b) disclose the information to another member of the community justice group.

(3) In this section—

"disclose" information to someone else means—

(a) orally disclose the information to the other person; or

(b) produce to the other person, or give the other person access to, a document containing the information; or

(c) disclose the information to the other person in another way.