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VICTIMS OF CRIME ASSISTANCE ACT 2009 - SECT 67A

Obtaining information about act of violence from court

67A Obtaining information about act of violence from court

(1) The government assessor may ask the registrar of a court for information about a stated act of violence, including details of the injury suffered by the primary victim of the act, for which an application for victim assistance has been made.
(2) The registrar must give the government assessor the requested information if the registrar is reasonably satisfied the government assessor reasonably requires the information to decide the application.
(3) The registrar may give the requested information by allowing the government assessor to access an electronic database kept for the court.
(4) If the registrar gives the government assessor access to an electronic database under subsection (3) , the access to, and use of, the database is limited to the extent it is connected with the requested information.
(5) The giving of information by the registrar under subsection (2) is authorised despite any other Act or law, including a law imposing an obligation to maintain confidentiality about the information.
Note—
See section 140 for restrictions on disclosing or giving access to information or documents obtained under this Act.
(6) In this section—

"registrar" , in relation to a Magistrates Court, means the clerk of that court.



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