Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 209(1) amended by No. 61/2014 s. 145.
(1) A protective intervener must not disclose to any person, other than to another protective intervener or to a person in connection with a court proceeding or to a person in connection with a review by VCAT—
(a) the name of a person who gave information in confidence to a protective intervener during the course of the investigation of the subject-matter of a protective intervention report; or
(b) any information that is likely to lead to the identification of a person referred to in paragraph (a)—
without the written consent of the person referred to in paragraph (a) or authorisation by the Secretary.
Penalty: 10 penalty units.
(2) The Secretary may only authorise the disclosure of information to a person under subsection (1) if the Secretary believes on reasonable grounds that the disclosure is necessary to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the child.
(3) In this section "court proceeding" includes a proceeding in the Family Court of Australia.
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