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FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2008 - SECT 144SG

Access to confidential information under privacy laws restricted where risks to safety

    (1)     An authorised Hub entity may refuse to give an individual access to that individual's confidential information under a relevant privacy law if the authorised Hub entity believes on reasonable grounds that—

        (a)     giving the individual access to the information would increase a risk to the safety of a child or a group of children; or

        (b)     the information is the confidential information of a person of concern or a person who is alleged to pose a risk of committing family violence, and giving the individual access to the information would increase the risk to a primary person's safety from family violence.

    (2)     In this section—

"relevant privacy law" means—

        (a)     the Health Records Act 2001 ; or

        (b)     the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 ; or

        (c)     the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth; or

        (d)     the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth applied as a law of Victoria by another Act.

Part 6—Jurisdiction of courts and proceedings

Division 1—Jurisdiction of courts



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