Section 90 — Privacy Act 1988: Application of Part

(1) This Part applies where a person (in this Part called a confidant) is subject to an obligation of confidence to another person (in this Part called a confider) in respect of personal information, whether the information relates to the confider or to a third person, being an obligation in respect of a breach of which relief may be obtained (whether in the exercise of a discretion or not) in legal proceedings. (2) This Part does not apply where a criminal penalty only may be imposed in respect of the breach.