Section 205 — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: Offence—soliciting disclosure of protected information

(1) If: (a) a person (the first person) solicits the disclosure of protected information from an officer or another person; and (b) the disclosure would be in contravention of this Division; and (c) the first person knows or ought reasonably to know that the information is protected information; the first person commits an offence, whether or not any protected information is actually disclosed. (2) An offence against subsection (1) is punishable on conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years. (3) Strict liability applies to the element of an offence against subsection (1) that a contravention is a contravention of this Division.