Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Intellectually Disabled Persons' Services Act 1986 - SECT 62A

Secrecy provision

62A. Secrecy provision



(1) Unless sub-section (2) applies, a person who is or has been, at any time,
a community visitor must not, either directly or indirectly-

   (a)  make a record of; or

   (b)  divulge or communicate to any person; or

   (c)  make use of-

any information, that is or was acquired by the person because the person is
or was appointed as a community visitor, for any purpose, except to the extent
necessary for the person-

   (d)  to perform any official duties; or

   (e)  to perform or exercise any function or power under this Act.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) Sub-section (1) does not prevent a person from-

   (a)  producing a document to a court in the course of criminal proceedings
        or in the course of any proceedings under this Act; or

   (b)  divulging or communicating to a court, in the course of any
        proceedings referred to in paragraph (a), any matter or thing coming
        under the notice of the person in the performance of official duties
        or in the performance of a function or in the exercise of a power
        referred to in sub-section (1); or

   (c)  producing a document or divulging or communicating information that is
        required or permitted by any Act to be produced, divulged or
        communicated, as the case may be, if, where the document or
        information relates to the personal affairs of another person, that
        other person has given consent in writing.

Division 6-Information on Rights