Victorian Current Acts

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 192

    (1)     If the Secretary or a protective intervener believes on reasonable grounds that it is required for the performance of the Secretary's or protective intervener's duties or functions under this Act, or the exercise of the Secretary's or protective intervener's powers under this Act, the Secretary or protective intervener may request information from, disclose information to, or receive information from—

        (a)     the Secretary; or

        (b)     a protective intervener; or

        (c)     an information holder; or

        (d)     a service agency; or

        (e)     a person in charge of, or employed in, a registered community service; or

        (f)     any other individual.

    (2)     A person or entity who is requested under subsection (1) to provide information to the Secretary or a protective intervener may disclose that information to the Secretary or protective intervener.

    (3)     A disclosure of information made under this section in good faith—

        (a)     does not for any purpose constitute unprofessional conduct or a breach of professional ethics on the part of the person by whom it is made; and

        (b)     does not make the person by whom it is made subject to any liability in respect of it; and

S. 192(3)(c) substituted by No. 30/2019 s. 11.

        (c)     without limiting paragraphs (a) and (b), does not constitute a contravention of—

              (i)     section 141 of the Health Services Act 1988 ; or

S. 192(3)(c)(ii) amended by No. 39/2022 s. 792.

              (ii)     section 730 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 ; or

              (iii)     Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 .

Note

See also Part 6A of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 in respect of the use and disclosure obligations of persons or bodies prescribed to be information sharing entities or restricted information sharing entities for the purposes of that Act.

S. 192(4) inserted by No. 17/2023 s. 11.

    (4)     In this section—

        (a)     a reference to the Secretary includes a reference to a principal officer who is performing functions or exercising powers conferred on the Secretary under an authorisation made under section 18 or 19; and

        (b)     a reference to a protective intervener includes a reference to a principal officer who is performing functions or exercising powers of a protective intervener under an authorisation made under section 18.

S. 193 amended by No. 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 2.3), substituted by No. 11/2018 s. 19.