(1) An eligibility
assessor must not disclose any information obtained during the course of
conducting an eligibility assessment interview or preparing an eligibility
assessment report to any person who is not entitled to receive or have access
to the report.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(2) A person who
receives or otherwise has access to all or part of an eligibility assessment
report, or a copy of the report, must not disclose any information contained
in the report to any person who is not entitled to receive or have access to
the report.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(3) A behaviour change
programme provider must not disclose any information in a report under
section 10V to any person who is not entitled to receive or have access to the
report.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(4) A person who
receives or otherwise has access to all or part of a report under section 10V,
or a copy of the report, must not disclose any information contained in the
report to any person who is not entitled to receive or have access to the
report.
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $1 000.
(5) This section does
not apply to the following disclosures —
(a) a
disclosure by, or authorised in writing by, the respondent who is the subject
of the eligibility assessment report;
(b) a
disclosure to a legal practitioner in connection with the giving of legal
advice or the provision of representation in a proceeding under this Act;
(c) a
disclosure that is authorised by a court as necessary for the purposes of this
Part or proceedings for a contravention of an order under this Part (including
any offence constituted by such a contravention);
(d) a
disclosure that is required, authorised or permitted (whether expressly or
impliedly) by or under a law or by a court;
(e) a
disclosure that does not identify the respondent or from which the
respondent’s identity cannot reasonably be ascertained;
(f) a
disclosure of a kind prescribed in the regulations.
[Section 10X inserted: No. 49 of 2016 s. 14.]