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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.169BPrinciples for sharing information
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### sec.169B Principles for sharing information
The principles underlying this part are—
whenever safe, possible and practical, a person’s consent should be obtained before—
providing, or planning to provide, a service to the person; or
disclosing personal information about the person to someone else; and
because the safety, protection and wellbeing of people who fear or experience domestic violence are paramount, their safety and protection take precedence over the principle mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and
before disclosing information about a person to someone else, an entity should consider whether disclosing the information is likely to adversely affect the safety of the person or another person.
s 169B ins 2016 No. 51 s 44
- (a) whenever safe, possible and practical, a person’s consent should be obtained before— (i) providing, or planning to provide, a service to the person; or (ii) disclosing personal information about the person to someone else; and
- (i) providing, or planning to provide, a service to the person; or
- (ii) disclosing personal information about the person to someone else; and
- (b) because the safety, protection and wellbeing of people who fear or experience domestic violence are paramount, their safety and protection take precedence over the principle mentioned in paragraph (a) ; and
- (c) before disclosing information about a person to someone else, an entity should consider whether disclosing the information is likely to adversely affect the safety of the person or another person.
- (i) providing, or planning to provide, a service to the person; or
- (ii) disclosing personal information about the person to someone else; and