Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00909:clause:1_163
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00909
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 163
Character Range: 9333–9956

163  Offence: unauthorised access to protected information

 (1) If:
 (a) a person intentionally obtains information; and
 (b) the person is not authorised under the family assistance law to obtain the information; and
 (c) the person knows or ought reasonably to know that the information is protected information;
the person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

 (2) Strict liability applies to the element of an offence against subsection (1) that a person not authorised to do something is not authorised under the family assistance law to do that thing.