9. Exchange of information and obligation of secrecy
[(1) repealed]
(1a) The Commissioner or any person authorized in writing by him may communicate to the Gaming Commission established under section 4 of the Gaming Commission Act 1987 any information respecting the affairs of any person disclosed or obtained under Part IVAA as it was prior to its repeal by the Acts Amendment (Continuing Lotteries) Act 2000.
(1b) The Commissioner, or any person authorized in writing by him, may communicate to a licensing authority referred to in section 76C(1) any information respecting the affairs of any person disclosed or obtained under Part IIIC.
(1c) The Commissioner or any person authorized in writing by the Commissioner may communicate to SCH (as defined in section 112A) any information acquired in or in connection with the administration of Division 4 of Part IVA.
(2) The Commissioner or any other person who is or has been employed in the administration of this Act, shall not while he is, or after he ceases to be, so employed ¾
(a) either directly or indirectly, except in the performance of a function or duty in relation to this Act and in particular in accordance with subsection (1a), (1b) or (1c) or in relation to the Taxation (Reciprocal Powers) Act 1989, make a record of, or divulge or communicate to any person, any information acquired by him in the course of his being so employed, respecting the affairs of any other person;
(b) be required to produce in a court a document that is, in the course of his being so employed, in his custody or to divulge or communicate to a court any matter or thing that comes under his notice in the course of his being so employed, except where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence against this Act.
[Section 9 inserted by No. 113 of 1969 s.5; amended by No. 37 of 1979 s.9; No. 19 of 1985 s.16; No. 18 of 1989 s.16; No. 41 of 1989 s.6; No. 39 of 1994 s.4; No. 6 of 2000 s.4.]