Section 32Part 7 — Confidentiality of the register and data entered in the register
Unauthorized disclosure of information
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A person who without lawful authority —
provides any person with information that the person is required to keep confidential; or
otherwise makes a disclosure of any such information, commits an offence.
For the purposes of subsection (1) —
a person is required to keep information confidential if it is information that is or has become available to that person by reason of holding an office or employment the duties of which relate, in whole or in part, to —
the establishment or maintenance of the register; or
the use of identification information; and
information is provided or otherwise disclosed with lawful authority if such provision or disclosure is —
authorized under this Act or under another enactment;
in pursuance of an order or direction of a court; or
for the purposes of the performance of the duties of an office or employment described in paragraph (a).
It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to show that, at the time of the alleged offence, that person believed, on reasonable grounds, that the person had lawful authority to provide the information or to make the disclosure in question.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) is liable to a fine of twenty thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term of four years, or to both.