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180 Confidentiality
A person who is given information about a child under section 179 must not disclose that information to any other person except for the purpose of providing appropriate care for the child.
Part 4.4—Reporting
Division 1—Introduction
181 Who is a protective intervener?
For the purposes of this Act the following persons are protective interveners—
S. 181(b) substituted by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 18.4), amended by No. 17/2023 s. 10(a).
(b) all police officers;
S. 181(c) inserted by No. 17/2023 s. 10(b).
(c) the principal officer of an Aboriginal agency authorised under section 18 to perform functions and exercise powers of a protective intervener, to the extent that the principal officer performs those functions and exercises those powers in relation to a child who is the subject of the authorisation.