Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794:section:54aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00794
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 54AA
Character Range: 290843–291928

54AA  Commissioner may restrict publication etc.
 (1) A Commissioner may give directions prohibiting or limiting the publication of, or access to, information given, or a book, document or other record produced, to the Commissioner under this Act.
 (2) Where information is to be publicly given, or a book, document or other record is to be publicly produced, to a Commissioner under this Act, the Commissioner may give directions requiring that persons specified in the direction, or persons included in a class of persons specified in the direction, are not to be in the vicinity of the place where the information is to be given, or the book, document or other record produced, as the case may be.
 (3) A person who intentionally contravenes or fails to comply with a direction given under this section is guilty of an offence punishable, on summary conviction, by:
 (a) in the case of a natural person—a fine of not more than 60 penalty units or imprisonment for not more than 12 months, or both; or
 (b) in the case of a body corporate—a fine of not more than 300 penalty units.