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Child Support Act 1991

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170: Payers not to disclose information

You could also call this:

"Payers must keep other people's private information secret"

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If you are a payer or someone who works for a payer, you must keep certain information private. This information is about other people's affairs that you learn about while doing your job under this part of the law. You can't tell anyone else this information, except when it's needed for your work duties or to carry out the payer's business. This rule applies even after you stop being a payer or working for one. The law wants to protect people's privacy and make sure their personal information isn't shared without a good reason.

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170Payers not to disclose information

  1. Any person who is, or has been,—

  2. a payer; or
    1. a person employed by, or performing services for, a payer,—
        1. shall not, except for the purposes of this Part or otherwise in connection with the performance of the payer's duties under this Part or in connection with carrying on the payer's affairs, directly or indirectly divulge or communicate to a second person any information in relation to the affairs of a third person, being information disclosed or obtained under or for the purposes of this Part and acquired by the person because of, or in the course of, the performance of the payer's duties under this Part.