Queensland Numbered Acts

EMERGENCY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2008 No. 64 - SECT 9

Section 49--

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'(1) A designated officer or former designated officer must not, whether directly or indirectly, disclose confidential information unless the disclosure is authorised under part 7, division 1.

Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

'(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the disclosure of confidential information to the person to whom the confidential information relates.

'(3) In this section--

confidential information means information a person has because of being a designated officer that identifies a person as a person who is receiving, or has received, an ambulance service.

designated officer means--

(a) the chief executive; or

(b) a service officer; or

(c) an honorary ambulance officer; or

(d) an agent of the service.

former designated officer means a person who was, but is no longer, a designated officer.

'(1) This section applies to a person (an informed person) who has confidential information disclosed to the person, whether directly or indirectly, by a designated officer.

'(2) The informed person must not, whether directly or indirectly, disclose the confidential information to anyone else.

Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.

'(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the disclosure of confidential information--

(a) to the person to whom the confidential information relates; or

(b) for a lawful purpose for which the confidential information was originally disclosed to the informed person; or

(c) required or allowed under an agreement specified in section 50L; or

(d) authorised under an Act or another law.

'(4) In this section--

confidential information means information an informed person has because of subsection (1) that identifies a person as a person who is receiving, or has received, an ambulance service.

designated officer means--

(a) the chief executive; or

(b) a service officer; or

(c) an honorary ambulance officer; or

(d) an agent of the service.'.