Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) A protective intervener must, as soon as practicable after receiving a protective intervention report, investigate, or cause another protective intervener to investigate, the subject-matter of the report in a way that will be in the best interests of the child.
(2) A protective intervener who is investigating the subject-matter of a report—
(a) must inform the child and the child's parents that any information they give may be used for the purposes of a protection application; and
(b) must not disclose any information arising from the investigation to anyone other than—
(i) a court; or
(ii) a person referred to in any paragraph of section 206(2); or
(iii) a person to whom the protective intervener is authorised by the Secretary to disclose the information.
(3) The Secretary may only authorise the disclosure of information to a person under sub-section (2)(b) if he or she believes on reasonable grounds that the disclosure is necessary to assist in the investigation of the subject-matter of the report.