Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

DANGEROUS GOODS (ROAD TRANSPORT) ACT 2009 (NO. 34 OF 2009) - SECT 178

    (1)     In this section:

"court" includes a tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.

"formal warning"—see section 116 (2).

information sharing guidelines —see  section 179.

"produce" includes allow access to.

    (2)     A relevant person commits an offence if—

        (a)     the person—

              (i)     makes a record of protected information about someone else; and

              (ii)     is reckless about whether the information is protected information about someone else; or

        (b)     the person—

              (i)     does something that divulges protected information about someone else; and

              (ii)     is reckless about whether—

    (A)     the information is protected information about someone else; and

    (B)     doing the thing would result in the information being divulged to someone else.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.

    (3)     Subsection (2) does not apply to the divulging of protected information about someone with the person's consent.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (3) (see Criminal Code, s 58).

    (4)     Subsection (2) does not apply if the record is made, or the information is divulged—

        (a)     under this Act or another law in force in the ACT; or

        (b)     in relation to the exercise of a function, as a relevant person, under this Act or another law in force in the ACT; or

        (c)     in relation to the administration of this Act; or

        (d)     to a competent authority, a corresponding competent authority or an authorised person; or

        (e)     to a police officer or a member (however described) of the police force or police service of another jurisdiction; or

        (f)     to a public authority of any jurisdiction prescribed by regulation; or

        (g)     to a public authority of any jurisdiction for law enforcement purposes; or

        (h)     to a court or in relation to any legal proceeding; or

              (i)     in accordance with the information sharing guidelines.

Note     The defendant has an evidential burden in relation to the matters mentioned in s (4) (see Criminal Code, s 58).

    (5)     A relevant person need not divulge protected information to a court, or produce a document containing protected information to a court, unless it is necessary to do so for this Act or another law in force in the ACT.

    (6)     This section does not prevent information from being used—

        (a)     to assist a person in deciding whether to withdraw a formal warning for any offence; or

        (b)     to allow a competent authority to accumulate aggregated data and to allow the authority to authorise use of the aggregated data for research or education.