Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
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410 Confidentiality
(1) A person who is, or has been, a community visitor must not, directly or indirectly, make a record of, use or disclose to any person, any information acquired in the performance of the person's functions or exercise of the person's powers as a community visitor under this Chapter.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—
(a) the making of the record or the use or disclosure of the information is necessary for the purposes of, or in connection with, the performance of the person's functions or exercise of the person's powers as a community visitor under this Chapter; or
(b) the disclosure of the information is made to a court or tribunal in the course of—
(i) a criminal proceeding; or
(ii) any other proceeding under this Act; or
(c) the making of the record or the use or disclosure of the information is with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.
Chapter 9—Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
Part 9.1—Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
Division 1—Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
411 Establishment of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission
(1) The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission is established and is constituted by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commissioners.
(2) The Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission—
(b) has a common seal; and