Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 169G

169G Permitted uses of shared information

(1) A prescribed entity or specialist DFV service provider may use information given to it under this division to the extent necessary to do the following—

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

(b) lessen or prevent a serious threat to a person’s life, health or safety because of domestic violence, including by—

(i) contacting, or attempting to contact, the person or another person involved in the domestic violence; or

(ii) offering to provide assistance or a service to the person or another person involved in the domestic violence.

(2) A support service provider may use information given to it under this division to the extent necessary to lessen or prevent a serious threat to a person’s life, health or safety because of domestic violence, including by—

(a) contacting, or attempting to contact, the person or another person involved in the domestic violence; or

(b) offering to provide assistance or a service to the person or another person involved in the domestic violence.