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RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) ACT 2000 - SECT 127

Information may be recorded or divulged only for purposes of Act
(1)
A person to whom this Part applies is guilty of an offence if the person:

(a)
makes a record of any protected information; or

(b)
whether directly or indirectly, divulges or communicates to a person any protected information about another person;

and the record is made, or the information is divulged or communicated, other than:

(c)
under or for the purposes of this Act; or

(d)
in the performance of duties, as a person to whom this Part applies, under or in relation to this Act.

Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

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

(2)
Despite 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code , a defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to a matter specified in paragraph (1)(c) or (d).


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