Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 532

532 Unlawful disclosure of information

(1) A person who has access to information stored in QDNA or the ACC database must not unlawfully disclose the information to anyone else.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

(2) A person may only disclose information stored in QDNA or the ACC database for one or more of the following purposes—

(a) to perform a function of the police service;

(b) for a purpose authorised under this or another Act;

(c) in accordance with an arrangement made under section 523 or 533 ;

(d) to make the information available, as permitted under a regulation, to the person to whom the information relates;

(e) to administer QDNA or the ACC database;

(f) for a coronial inquest or investigation.

(3) This section does not apply to information that can not be used to discover the identity of a person.