Section 1270Q — Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

A person is not to be required:

(a) to produce to a court any document that:

(i) contains protected information; and

(ii) was made or given under, or for the purposes of, this Act; and

(iii) was obtained by the person in the course of the person’s official employment; or

(b) to disclose to a court any protected information that the person obtained in the course of the person’s official employment;

unless the production or disclosure is necessary for the purpose of giving effect to a taxation law or an Australian business law.

Related sections

• s 1270M — Authorisation of recording or disclosure
• s 1270N — Preventing disclosure of particular protected information
• s 1270P — Authorisation for purposes of Privacy Act
• s 1270R — Extracts of information to be admissible in evidence
• s 1270S — Annual report
• s 1270T — Rules

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