Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:1_83bs
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 83BS
Character Range: 75584–76925

83BS  Identity of parties to AWAs not to be disclosed

 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person discloses information; and
 (b) the information is protected information; and
 (c) the discloser has reasonable grounds to believe that the information will identify another person as being, or having been, a party to an AWA; and
 (d) the disclosure is not made by the discloser in the course of performing functions or duties as a workplace agreement official; and
 (e) the disclosure is not required or permitted by this Act, by another Act, by regulations made for the purposes of another provision of this Act or by regulations made for the purposes of another Act; and
 (f) the person whose identity is disclosed has not, in writing, authorised the disclosure.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 6 months.

 (2) In this section:

protected information, in relation to a person, means information that the person acquired:
 (a) in the course of performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, as a workplace agreement official; or
 (b) from a workplace agreement official who acquired the information as mentioned in paragraph (a).

workplace agreement official means:
 (a) the Employment Advocate; or
 (b) a delegate of the Employment Advocate; or
 (c) a member of the staff assisting the Employment Advocate under section 83BD.