Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management

82: Certain information not to be disclosed or seized

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"Some personal information is private and can't be shared or taken."

If you are asked to give information under section 76, you do not have to give information about someone's medical condition or history. You also do not have to give information that is protected by legal professional privilege, which means it is private because it is between a lawyer and their client. When section 76 is used with section 94I(2), the same rules apply, and you do not have to give this kind of information. Section 80 does not allow the seizure of this kind of information either, as stated in section 80.

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81: Disposal of information, or

"What happens to information or documents that police take during an emergency?"

83: Restriction on disclosure of information, or

"Keeping emergency information secret, except when it's needed to help with emergencies"

Part 5Powers in relation to civil defence emergency management

82Certain information not to be disclosed or seized

No requirement to give information that is imposed under section 76 (including as applied and modified by section 94I(2)) requires any person to give—
information concerning the medical condition or history of any person; or
information that is protected by legal professional privilege.

Nothing in section 80 authorises the seizure of information that is of a kind described in subsection (1).

Notes

Section 82(1): amended, at 9.59 pm on 29 November 2016, by section 24 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).