Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A person who is or was a PBO officer must not, directly or indirectly, provide or disclose any protected information except—
(a) for the performance of the functions or exercise of the powers of the person or the Parliamentary Budget Officer under this Act; or
(b) as is otherwise authorised or required by or under this Act.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A person who is or was a PBO officer must not provide or disclose any information or document given to the Parliamentary Budget Officer if the public sector body Head who gave the information or document requested under section 26(4) that it be kept confidential.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in relation to the provision or disclosure of information or a document—
(a) to or in a court or a tribunal; or
(b) to an authority or person who has the power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
(4) In making a request to any person (other than the parliamentary leader concerned) for information for the purposes of preparing a costing, a PBO officer must, as far as practicable, not disclose any information that is not in the public domain regarding—
(a) the policy that is the subject of the costing; or
(b) the identity of the parliamentary leader who requested the costing.
(5) In making a request to any person (other than the member of Parliament concerned) for information for the purposes of preparing analysis, advice or a briefing that is to be provided under section 47, a PBO officer must, as far as practicable, not disclose any information that is not in the public domain regarding—
(a) the matter that is the subject of the analysis, advice or briefing; or
(b) the identity of the member of Parliament who requested the analysis, advice or briefing.