Disability Service Safeguards Act 2018
238Duty of confidentiality
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238 Duty of confidentiality
(1) A person who exercises or has exercised functions under this Act must not disclose protected information to another person except in a circumstance specified in subsection (2).
(2) A person may disclose protected information in one or more of the following circumstances—
(a) the information is disclosed in the exercise of a function under, or for the purposes of, this Act;
(b) the disclosure is otherwise required or permitted by law;
(c) the disclosure is with the agreement of the person to whom the information relates;
(d) the disclosure is in a form that does not identify the identity of a person;
(e) the information relates to a proceeding before VCAT and the proceeding is or was open to the public;
(f) the information is or was accessible to the public, including because it is or was recorded in the Register;
(g) the disclosure is otherwise authorised by the Minister on the grounds that the disclosure is in the public interest.