Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00013:clause:1_6oq
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023A00013
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 6OQ
Character Range: 2538–4617

6OQ  Protection of certain information given to the Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission
 (1) This section applies to information if:
 (a) the information was given by, or on behalf of, a natural person to the Defence and Veteran Suicide Royal Commission other than for the purposes of a private session; and
 (b) the information contains any of the following:
 (i) an account of a person's experiences of suicide, suicidality or poor mental health as a defence member or veteran;
 (ii) an account of a person's experiences of systemic issues as a defence member or veteran; and
 (c) the information directly or indirectly identifies the natural person who gave the information, or on whose behalf the information was given; and
 (d) the information was treated as confidential by the Commission at all times after being given to the Commission.
 (2) Section 6OE applies:
 (a) in all cases—in relation to the natural person who gave the information to the Commission, as if the information were a statement or disclosure made by that person at a private session for the Commission; and
 (b) if the information was given to the Commission on behalf of another natural person—in relation to the other natural person as if the information were a statement or disclosure made on behalf of that other person at a private session for the Commission.
 (3) Sections 6OH, 6OK and 6OL apply in relation to the information as if it were information given by the natural person at a private session for the Commission.
 (4) Section 6OJ applies in relation to the information as if it were information obtained at a private session for the Commission.
 (5) Section 6OM applies in relation to the information as if it were a record that contains information obtained at a private session for the Commission.
 (6) A reference in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) to experiences of systemic issues is a reference to experiences, or an awareness, of a policy, procedure, practice, act or omission that contributed, or may have contributed, to a person's suicide, suicidality or poor mental health.