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DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ACT 2007 - SECT 124F

Police may share certain information with information sharing entities

    (1)     A police officer may give the information about a person that is mentioned in subsection (2) to an information sharing entity that provides a domestic violence related service if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that:

        (a)     the person fears or is experiencing domestic violence and there is a threat to the person's life, health, safety or welfare because of domestic violence; or

        (b)     the person has committed domestic violence against another person.

    (2)     The information a police officer may give an information sharing entity is the following:

        (a)     the person's name;

        (b)     the person's contact details;

        (c)     details of the basis for the belief;

        (d)     any other information that is, in the police officer's opinion, reasonably necessary to assist the information sharing entity to provide a domestic violence related service to the person.



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