Victorian Current Acts

PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION ACT 2014 - SECT 122

    (1)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, wilfully obstruct, hinder or resist the Information Commissioner, the Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner, a delegate of the Information Commissioner or the Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner or a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, in—

        (a)     performing, or attempting to perform, a function or duty under this Act; or

        (b)     exercising, or attempting to exercise, a power under this Act.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, provide information or make a statement to the Information Commissioner, the Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner, a delegate of the Information Commissioner or the Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner or a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner knowing that it is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.

    (3)     A person must not, without reasonable excuse, mislead or attempt to mislead the Information Commissioner, the Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner, a delegate of the Information Commissioner or the Privacy and Data Protection Deputy Commissioner or a member of staff of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner.

Penalty:     60 penalty units.