Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

Offences, penalties, and proceedings

97: Disclosing information

You could also call this:

"Telling others about secret information during emergencies"

If you break the rules in section 83 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act, you commit an offence. You can find more information about these rules by looking at section 83. You also need to consider the changes made by section 94I(2) when thinking about what you can and can't do with certain information.

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Part 6Offences, penalties, and proceedings

97Disclosing information

  1. A person who intentionally discloses or uses information in breach of section 83 (including as applied and modified by section 94I(2)) commits an offence.

Notes
  • Section 97: amended, at 9.59 pm on , by section 29 of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 88).