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SECURITY PROVIDERS ACT 1993 - SECT 48

48 Confidentiality of information

(1) A person must not disclose, use or record information gained by the person through involvement in the administration of this Act.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to—

(a) an act done for the purposes of this Act; or
(b) disclosure of information to the Commissioner; or
(c) disclosure of information ordered by a court or tribunal for a proceeding before it; or
(d) disclosure of information under a regulation or another Act.

(3) A person gains information through involvement in the administration of this Act if the person gains the information in the course of, or because of an opportunity provided by, the involvement.

(4) The following persons are taken to be involved in the administration of this Act—

(a) the chief executive;
(b) the department's public service employees;
(c) inspectors.


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