Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:clause:5_205
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 205
Character Range: 846729–847449

205  Offence—soliciting disclosure of protected information
 (1) If:
 (a) a person (the first person) solicits the disclosure of protected information from an officer or another person; and
 (b) the disclosure would be in contravention of this Division; and
 (c) the first person knows or ought reasonably to know that the information is protected information;
the first person commits an offence, whether or not any protected information is actually disclosed.
 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
 (3) Strict liability applies to the element of an offence against subsection (1) that a contravention is a contravention of this Division.