New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (DOMESTIC AND PERSONAL VIOLENCE) ACT 2007 - SECT 98M

98M Dealings if serious domestic violence threat

(1) In this section--

"dealing" with information means the collection, use or disclosure of the information.

(2) An agency may, despite the privacy legislation, deal with information about a person without the consent of the person if the agency believes on reasonable grounds that--

(a) the particular dealing is necessary to prevent or lessen a domestic violence threat to the person or any other person, and

(b) the threat is a serious threat, and

(c) the person has refused to give consent or it is unreasonable or impractical to obtain the person's consent.