45  Offence for unauthorised use or disclosure of protected information
(1)

An entity commits an offence if:

(a)

the entity obtains, generates or adopts a document or information; and

(b)

the document or information is protected information; and

(c)

the entity makes a record of, discloses or otherwise uses the document or information; and

(d)

the making of the record, or the disclosure or use, is not authorised under Subdivision A or required by a notification provision.

Note 1: For exceptions to this offence, see section 46.

Note 2: A document or information that records or is the fact that an asset is declared under section 51 to be a critical infrastructure asset may be protected information: see section 5A.

Note 3: If the entity is not a legal person, see Division 2 of Part 7.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years or 120 penalty units, or both.

(2)

Section 15.1 of the Criminal Code (extended geographical jurisdiction—category A) applies to an offence against subsection (1).