Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies to all local government employees, including the chief executive officer.
(2) A local government employee includes--
(a) an employee of a corporate entity; and
(b) a contractor of the local government; and
(c) a type of person prescribed under a regulation.
(3) A person who is, or has been, a local government employee must not make improper use of information acquired as a local government employee--
(a) to gain (directly or indirectly) an advantage for the person or someone else; or
(b) to cause detriment to the local government.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for an employee of a corporate entity--500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment; or
(b) for any other local government employee--100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(4) A local government includes a corporate entity of the local government.
(5) If an employee of a corporate entity contravenes subsection (3), the corporate entity may recover from the employee, as a debt due to the corporate entity--
(a) if anyone made a profit because of the contravention--an amount equal to the profit; and
(b) if the corporate entity suffered loss or damage because of the contravention--an amount equal to the loss or damage.
(6) The amount may be recovered from the employee whether or not the employee has been convicted of an offence in relation to the contravention.
(7) Subsection (5) applies in addition to, and does not limit, the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002.
(8) A person who is, or has been, a local government employee must not release information that the person knows, or should reasonably know, is information that--
(a) is confidential to the local government; and
(b) the local government wishes to keep confidential.
Maximum penalty--
(a) for an employee of a corporate entity--500 penalty units or 5 years imprisonment; or
(b) for any other local government employee--100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.