Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) This section applies to a person who—
(a) is, or has been, a person performing functions or exercising powers under this Act; and
(b) obtains in the course of, or because of, the performance of a function or exercise of a power under this Act, personal or confidential information that is not publicly available.
(2) The person must not—
(a) make a record of the information; or
(b) divulge or communicate the information to anyone else, whether directly or indirectly; or
(c) use the information to benefit any person.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the record is made, or the information is divulged, communicated or used—
(a) for, or as a part of, a function of MEDQ; or
(b) with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or
(c) as required by law.