Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) In this section:
"court" includes any tribunal or other entity having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
"produce" includes permit access to.
"protected information" means information about a person that is disclosed to, or obtained by, a person to whom this section applies because of the exercise of a function under this Act.
(2) This section applies to—
(a) a person who is or has been a member of the medicines advisory committee; or
(b) anyone else who has exercised, or purported to exercise, a function under this Act.
(3) A person to whom this section applies commits an offence if the person—
(a) makes a record of protected information; or
(b) directly or indirectly discloses or communicates to a person protected information about someone else.
Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply if the record is made, or the information is disclosed or communicated—
(a) under this or any other Act; or
(b) in relation to the exercise of a function of the person to whom this section applies under this or any other Act; or
(c) about a person if the giving of the information is necessary to remove a threat to the life or health of the person; or
(d) to a person administering or enforcing a corresponding law; or
(e) to a law enforcement authority; or
(f) to a health profession board under the Health Professionals Act 2004 ; or
(g) to a court under a summons or subpoena.
(5) Subsection (3) does not prevent a person to whom this section applies from communicating protected information to a person about someone else with the consent of the other person.