New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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

98O Protocols and other orders of Minister

(1) The Minister may, by order, make protocols dealing with any matter relating to the collection, use or disclosure by an agency of personal information or health information about a primary person or an associated respondent, including the following--

(a) procedures for seeking consent from a primary person,

(b) procedures for sharing information between agencies and between agencies and non-government support services,

(c) complaint handling procedures,

(d) compliance audits.

(2) The protocols may contain recommended privacy standards for non-government support services and may prohibit the disclosure of information under Division 2 to services that do not adopt those standards.

(3) The Minister is to seek the advice of the Privacy Commissioner when making protocols.

(4) The Minister may, by order, nominate particular support agencies or non-government support services to be local co-ordination points for the purposes of this Part.

(5) An order under this section is to be published in the Gazette.