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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 169K

Confidentiality of information obtained under this part

169K Confidentiality of information obtained under this part

(1) This section applies to a person (the
"receiver" ) who—
(a) is or has been a person employed or engaged by a prescribed entity, specialist DFV service provider or support service provider; and
(b) in that capacity was given, or given access to, information under this part about another person.
(2) This section also applies to a person (also the
"receiver" ) who is given, or is given access to, information about another person by a person mentioned in subsection (1) (a) .
(3) The receiver must not use the information, or disclose or give access to the information to anyone else.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(4) However, the receiver may use the information, or disclose or give access to the information to someone else, if the use, disclosure or giving of access—
(a) is permitted under this part; or
(b) if the entity that employs or engages the receiver is required to comply, under the Information Privacy Act 2009 , with the information privacy principles—complies with the information privacy principles; or
(c) is otherwise required or permitted by law.
(5) Subsection (4) (b) applies despite the operation of the Information Privacy Act 2009 , section 7 (2) .
(6) In this section—

"information privacy principles" means—
(a) the information privacy principles set out in the Information Privacy Act 2009 , schedule 3 ; or
(b) the national privacy principles set out in the Information Privacy Act 2009 , schedule 4 .



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