Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00168:section:99
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00168
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 99
Character Range: 158331–159295

99  VET officers
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is, or has been, a VET officer; and
 (b) the person has obtained or generated personal information in his or her capacity as a VET officer; and
 (c) the person:
 (i) uses the information; or
 (ii) discloses the information to another person.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the use or disclosure is authorised or required by:
 (a) a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (b) a law of a State or Territory listed in the rules for the purposes of this paragraph.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to a matter in subsection (2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
 (3) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person to whom the personal information relates has consented to the use or disclosure.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (3) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).