Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00130:section:165
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00130
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 165
Character Range: 541206–541796

165  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) punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).