98HSupport agencies

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—

(a) in accordance with section 98D, or

(b) lawfully by the NSW Police Force for contact purposes, or

(c) by another support agency in accordance with this section, or

(d) by the primary person (no consent is required from the associated respondent), or

(e) by a non-government support service with the consent of the primary person (no consent is required from the associated respondent).

(2) A support agency may use information that it is authorised to collect under this Division—

(a) for contact purposes—without the consent of the primary person or the associated respondent, or

(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).

(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—

(a) the primary person consents to the disclosure (no consent is required from the associated respondent), and

(b) it is reasonably necessary to disclose the information to the other agency or service for the provision of those services.

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