Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies to—
(a) the Commissioner, an Acting Commissioner or a person who has at any time been the Commissioner or an Acting Commissioner; and
(b) a person who is, or has at any time been, an employee, consultant, contractor, agent or person assisting the Authority referred to in section 53.
(2) A person to whom this section applies must not, either directly or indirectly, make a record of, or disclose or communicate to any person, any information concerning the affairs of any person acquired under or for the purposes of this Act.
Penalty: 75 penalty units.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a person to whom this section applies may—
(a) make a record of, or disclose or communicate any information referred to in that subsection—
(i) in any legal proceedings under this Act or under a prescribed law or under an order of a court or VCAT; or
(ii) in, or in connection with, the exercise of a function, or performance of a duty, under or in connection with this Act or a labour hire industry law; or
(iii) if the information is the subject of or relevant to a complaint, investigation or inquiry under a law referred to in section 23(1); and
(b) disclose or communicate any information referred to in that subsection to the following—
(i) VCAT;
(ii) a police officer for the purposes of reporting a suspected offence or assisting in the investigation of a suspected offence;
(iii) a police officer who is performing a duty under or in connection with any Act;
(iv) a regulator responsible for dealing with the matter under the relevant law;
(v) a prescribed person who is, or a prescribed body that is, performing a duty under or in connection with any Act;
(vi) any other person, with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.
Division 3—Matters relating to proceedings