Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00514:section:168
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00514
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 168
Character Range: 275623–276630

168  Use and disclosure of information obtained from the Register

Use
 (1) The rules may provide that a person must not use information to contact or send material to another person if that information:
 (a) is about the other person; and
 (b) was obtained from the Register.

Disclosure
 (2) The rules may provide that a person (the first person) must not disclose information that:
 (a) is about another person; and
 (b) was obtained from the Register; and
 (c) the first person knows is likely to be used to contact or send material to the other person.
 (3) A person must not contravene rules made for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2).
Civil penalty: 200 penalty units.

Exception
 (4) Subsection (3) does not apply in circumstances specified by the rules.
Note: A person who wishes to rely on subsection (4) in proceedings for a civil penalty order bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in that subsection: see section 96 of the Regulatory Powers Act.

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