187Determination by Secretary about report

187 Determination by Secretary about report (1) If a report is made to the Secretary under section 183 or 184, the Secretary may— (a) provide advice to the person who made the report; or (b) determine that the report is a protective intervention report for the purposes of this Act; or (c) determine that the report should be dealt with as a report to the Secretary under section 28. (2) If the Secretary makes a determination under subsection (1)(c), the report may be dealt with under this Act as if it were a report to the Secretary under section 28. S. 187(3) inserted by No. 36/2014 s. 6(3), amended by No. 36/2014 s. 7(4). (3) If a report contains information that must be disclosed under section 327 of the **Crimes Act 1958**, the Secretary must report the information to a police officer as soon as practicable after receiving the report.