Victorian Numbered Acts

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT (OFFICE OF THE VICTORIAN INFORMATION COMMISSIONER) ACT 2017 (NO. 20 OF 2017) - SECT 121

After section 68(10) of the Victorian Inspectorate Act 2011 insert —

    "(11)     If a person is an officer of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner, any obligation to maintain secrecy or other restriction upon the disclosure of information obtained by or provided to the person in the person's service as an officer of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner imposed by any enactment or any rule of law—

        (a)         is overridden; and

        (b)     does not apply to the disclosure of information under this Part.

    (12)     If a person is an officer of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner—

        (a)     neither the Information Commissioner nor the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner is entitled to assert any privilege in relation to any requirement for that person to produce a document or give information under this Part; and

        (b)     any privilege referred to in
paragraph (a) is abrogated.".