Victorian Current Acts

RELATIONSHIPS ACT 2008 - SECT 24

    (1)     The Registrar may, on conditions the Registrar considers appropriate—

        (a)     allow a person or organisation that has an adequate reason for wanting access to the Relationships Register access to the Register; or

        (b)     provide a person or organisation that has an adequate reason for wanting information from the Relationships Register, with information extracted from the Register.

    (2)     In deciding whether an applicant has an adequate reason for wanting access to the Relationships Register, or information extracted from the Register, the Registrar must have regard to—

        (a)     the nature of the applicant's interest; and

        (b)     the sensitivity of the information; and

        (c)     the use to be made of the information; and

        (d)     other relevant factors.

    (3)     In deciding the conditions on which access to the Relationships Register, or information extracted from the Register, is to be given under this section, the Registrar must, as far as practicable, protect the persons to whom the entries in the Register relate, and any other persons named in those entries, from unreasonable intrusion on their privacy.