Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024

PART 11 - MISCELLANEOUS  

Division 2 - Confidentiality  

SECTION 274   PROTECTED INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS  
General rule

274(1)    
An entrusted person must not be required to produce or disclose a protected document or protected information to a court, tribunal, authority or person (other than a parliament) that has the power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.

Exception

274(2)    
However, subsection (1) does not apply to the extent that the production or disclosure is necessary for the purposes of:

(a)    this Act; or

(b)    another Act or instrument made under an Act conferring power on the Tribunal.

Meaning of protected document

274(3)    
A document is a protected document if the document:

(a)    concerns another person; and

(b)    was obtained by the entrusted person in the performance or exercise of the entrusted person ' s functions or powers under this Act, another Act or an instrument made under an Act.

Meaning of protected information

274(4)    
Information is protected information if the information:

(a)    concerns another person; and

(b)    was obtained by the entrusted person in the performance or exercise of the entrusted person ' s functions or powers under this Act, another Act or an instrument made under an Act.


 

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