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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 124E

Sharing information for assessing or preventing domestic violence threat

    (1)     An information sharing entity may give information to another information sharing entity if the entity that holds that information believes on reasonable grounds that:

        (a)     a person fears or is experiencing domestic violence; and

        (b)     the information may help the entity receiving the information to:

            (i)     assess whether there is a serious threat to a person's life, health, safety or welfare because of domestic violence; or

            (ii)     lessen or prevent a serious threat to a person's life, health, safety or welfare because of domestic violence, including by providing or arranging a domestic violence related service to or for a person.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1)(b), information given in a case management meeting of a domestic violence related service is information that may help the entity receiving the information to perform functions mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) and (ii).



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