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Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007
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#### 98H Support agencies
98H Support agencies
> > (1) A support agency may collect personal information or health information about a primary person and any associated respondent if the information is disclosed to the support agency—
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> > > (a) in accordance with section 98D, or
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> > > (b) lawfully by the NSW Police Force for contact purposes, or
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> > > (c) by another support agency in accordance with this section, or
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> > > (d) by the primary person (no consent is required from the associated respondent), or
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> > > (e) by a non-government support service with the consent of the primary person (no consent is required from the associated respondent).
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> > (2) A support agency may use information that it is authorised to collect under this Division—
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> > > (a) for contact purposes—without the consent of the primary person or the associated respondent, or
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> > > (b) to provide domestic violence support services to the primary person—with the consent of the primary person (no consent is required from the associated respondent).
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> > (3) A support agency may disclose information that it is authorised to collect under this Division to another support agency, or to a non-government support service, for the purposes of that other agency or service providing domestic violence support services to the primary person, but only if—
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> > > (a) the primary person consents to the disclosure (no consent is required from the associated respondent), and
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> > > (b) it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information to the other agency or service for the provision of those services.
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> **ss 98C–98J:** Ins 2013 No 28, Sch 1 \[1\] (am 2014 No 27, Sch 1 \[4\]).