Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562:section:71
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00562
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 71
Character Range: 128922–130498

71  Reports etc. to be confidential
 (1) This section applies to a person who is or has been:
 (a) the Director;
 (b) an inspector;
 (c) a member of staff referred to in section 55;
 (d) a person engaged under section 56; or
 (e) an employee of a person engaged under section 56.
 (2) A person to whom this section applies shall not, either directly or indirectly, except for the purposes of this Act or for the purposes of an international agreement:
 (a) produce to any person a document:
 (i) given to the Director or to an inspector pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority or pursuant to an order or direction under section 73;
 (ii) given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector pursuant to an international agreement under which the document is to be treated as confidential; or
 (iii) given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector by or on behalf of the government of a foreign country with the stipulation that the document is to be treated as confidential;
 (b) make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, the contents of a document referred to in paragraph (a); or
 (c) make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information:
 (i) given to the Director or an inspector pursuant to a condition of a permit or authority or pursuant to an order or direction under section 73; or
 (ii) given to the Australian Government, the Director or an inspector pursuant to an international agreement under which the information is to be treated as confidential.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.