Victorian Current Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 144QA

    (1)     An information sharing entity may refuse to give an individual access to that individual's confidential information under a relevant privacy law if—

        (a)     the individual is a person of concern or a person who is alleged to pose a risk of committing family violence; and

        (b)     the information sharing entity believes on reasonable grounds that giving the individual access to the information would increase the risk to a primary person's safety from family violence.

    (2)     In this section—

"relevant privacy law" means—

        (a)     the Health Records Act 2001 ; or

        (b)     the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 ; or

        (c)     the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth; or

        (d)     the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth applied as a law of Victoria by another Act.

S. 144QB inserted by No. 23/2017 s. 7.