Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00004:clause:3_5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011A00004
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 5
Character Range: 21402–22191

5  After subsection 182(2)
Insert:
 (2A) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a disclosure of missing person information in relation to a missing person if:
 (a) the disclosure is reasonably necessary for the purposes of finding the missing person; or
 (b) the information is disclosed to the person who notified the Australian Federal Police, or a Police Force of a State, of the missing person and:
 (i) the missing person consented to the disclosure; or
 (ii) the missing person is unable to consent, and the disclosure is reasonably necessary to prevent a threat to the missing person's health, life or safety; or
 (iii) the missing person is dead.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2A) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).