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Part 5 · Use and Disclosure of Reports

14. Disclosure of information in reports

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Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2024.

(1)

A designated person must not intentionally or negligently disclose, or cause or allow to be disclosed, any report accepted under these Rules unless —

(a)

the disclosure is for a purpose of the Tell Sarah scheme in rule 3(2), and either —

(i)

all personal information from the report to be disclosed has been removed; or

(ii)

the information to be disclosed is in an anonymised form or as statistics which do not identify any person; or

(b)

section 48(2) of the Act applies.

(2)

A designated person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

(3)

In paragraph (1), “report” includes —

(a)

information obtained or generated by a designated person in the course of considering such a report; and

(b)

records of the analysis of information contained in such a report (including opinions expressed by a person in that analysis).

Subregulation 1

A designated person must not intentionally or negligently disclose, or cause or allow to be disclosed, any report accepted under these Rules unless —

(a)

the disclosure is for a purpose of the Tell Sarah scheme in rule 3(2), and either —

(i)

all personal information from the report to be disclosed has been removed; or

(ii)

the information to be disclosed is in an anonymised form or as statistics which do not identify any person; or

(b)

section 48(2) of the Act applies.

Subregulation 2

A designated person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $20,000.

Subregulation 3

In paragraph (1), “report” includes —

(a)

information obtained or generated by a designated person in the course of considering such a report; and

(b)

records of the analysis of information contained in such a report (including opinions expressed by a person in that analysis).

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