98DDisclosure of information by all agencies in case of threat

98D Disclosure of information by all agencies in case of threat

98D Disclosure of information by all agencies in case of threat

(1) This section applies if an agency believes on reasonable grounds that a person (the threatened person) is subject to a domestic violence threat.

(2) The agency may disclose personal information and health information about the threatened person and any person that the agency reasonably believes is a cause of the threat (the threatening person) to the central referral point or a local co-ordination point for contact purposes.

(3) Any such disclosure requires the consent of the threatened person. No consent is required from the threatening person.

(4) In such a case—

(a) the threatened person is taken, for the purposes of this Division, to be a primary person, and

(b) the threatening person is taken, for the purposes of this Division, to be an associated respondent.

ss 98C–98J: Ins 2013 No 28, Sch 1 [1] (am 2014 No 27, Sch 1 [4]).