A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999
PART 6
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PROVISIONS RELATING TO INFORMATION
Division 2
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Confidentiality
SECTION 167
167
Protection of certain documents etc from production to court etc
An officer must not, except for the purposes of the family assistance law or the Royal Commissions Act 1902 , be required:
(a) to produce any document in his or her possession; or
(b) to disclose any matter or thing of which he or she had notice;
(c) a court; or
(d) a tribunal; or
(e) an authority; or
(f) a person;
An officer must not, except for the purposes of the family assistance law or the Royal Commissions Act 1902 , be required:
(a) to produce any document in his or her possession; or
(b) to disclose any matter or thing of which he or she had notice;
because of the officer's powers, or the performance of the officer's duties or functions, under the family assistance law, to:
(c) a court; or
(d) a tribunal; or
(e) an authority; or
(f) a person;
having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.