Victorian Current Acts

FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 144SG

    (1)     An authorised Hub entity may refuse to give an individual access to that individual's confidential information under a relevant privacy law if the authorised Hub entity believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     giving the individual access to the information would increase a risk to the safety of a child or a group of children; or

        (b)     the information is the confidential information of a person of concern or a person who is alleged to pose a risk of committing family violence, and 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.

Part 6—Jurisdiction of courts and proceedings

Division 1—Jurisdiction of courts