Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 234

234 Further limitation on disclosure to a court etc.

(1) A court can not compel a prescribed person to do either of the following other than for the purpose of administering this Act or an enabling Act—

(a) produce to the court a document that—

(i) has come into the prescribed person’s possession in the course of administering this Act or because of an opportunity provided by involvement in administering this Act; and

(ii) is or contains a protected item;

(b) disclose to the court information that—

(i) has come to the person’s knowledge in the course of administering this Act or because of an opportunity provided by involvement in administering this Act; and

(ii) is or is a part of a protected item.

(2) In this section—

"court" includes a tribunal and any other entity that has the power to require a prescribed person to produce a document or answer a question.

"prescribed person" means a person who is or has been involved in the administration of this Act, including a person who is or has been any of the following—

(a) an official;

(b) a registry staff member;

(c) a person acting under the authority or direction of the tribunal or chief executive;

(d) a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) .

"protected item" means—

(a) information, evidence, or a document or other thing obtained by the tribunal in a proceeding that was held in private; or

(b) something the subject of a non-publication order, if the production or disclosure of the thing to the court would contravene the order.