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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN HEALTH PROMOTION FOUNDATION ACT 2016 - SECT 46

46 .         Confidentiality of information

        (1)         A person must not record, disclose or make use of any information obtained by reason of a function that the person has, or at any time had, in the administration of this Act except —

            (a)         for the purpose of performing a function under this Act; or

            (b)         as required or allowed by this Act or under another written law; or

            (c)         for the purposes of proceedings in a court; or

            (d)         with the written consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

            (e)         in prescribed circumstances.

        Penalty: a fine of $10 000 and imprisonment for 12 months.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to the recording, disclosure or use of statistical or other information that could not reasonably be expected to lead to the identification of any person to whom it relates.



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