PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INCENTIVES ACT 1998

CHAPTER 4 - PROVISIONS APPLYING BOTH TO INCENTIVE PAYMENTS SCHEME AND TO PREMIUMS REDUCTION SCHEME  

PART 7 - GENERAL  

Division 19 - Miscellaneous  

SECTION 19-5  

19-5   USE ETC. OF INFORMATION RELATING TO ANOTHER PERSON  

A person is guilty of an offence if:

(a) the person uses, makes a record of, or discloses or communicates to any person, any information that relates to the affairs of another person and was acquired under or for the purposes of this Act; and

(b) the use, making of the record, disclosure or communication was not carried out in the performance of a function or obligation, or the exercise of a power, under this Act.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

Note:

Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.