Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00394:clause:4_473gc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00394
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 473GC
Character Range: 136323–138539

473GC  Disclosure of confidential information
 (1) This section applies to a person who is or has been:
 (a) a Reviewer; or
 (b) a person acting as a Reviewer; or
 (c) a person mentioned in subsection 473JE(2) who is assisting the Immigration Assessment Authority; or
 (d) a person providing interpreting services in connection with a review by the Authority.
 (2) This section applies to information or a document if the information or document concerns a person and is obtained by a person to whom this section applies in the course of performing functions or duties or exercising powers under this Act.
 (3) A person to whom this section applies must not:
 (a) make a record of any information to which this section applies; or
 (b) divulge or communicate to any person any information to which this section applies;
unless the record is made or the information is divulged or communicated:
 (c) for the purposes of this Act; or
 (d) for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of a function or duty or the exercise of a power under this Act.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
 (4) Subsection (3) applies to the divulging or communication of information whether directly or indirectly.
 (5) A person to whom this section applies must not be required to produce any document, or to divulge or communicate any information, to which this section applies to or in:
 (a) a court; or
 (b) a tribunal; or
 (c) a House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory; or
 (d) a committee of a House, or the Houses, of the Parliament of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory; or
 (e) any other authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions;
except where it is necessary to do so for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
 (6) Nothing in this section affects a right that a person has under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
 (7) For the purposes of this section, a person who is providing interpreting services in connection with a review by the Immigration Assessment Authority is taken to be performing a function under this Act.
 (8) In this section:
produce includes permit access to.