11Collection of personal information from and about third parties

11 Collection of personal information from and about third parties

11 Collection of personal information from and about third parties

(1) A human services agency is not required to comply with section 9 of the Act if it is unreasonable or impracticable in the circumstances to do so.

(2) A human services agency is not required to comply with section 9 or 10 of the Act if:

(a) the personal information collected is about an individual other than a relevant client of the agency, and

(b) the personal information is collected from any of the following:

(i) a relevant client,

(ii) a non-government organisation engaged by the agency to provide services for or to it,

(iii) another human services agency, and

(c) the personal information is reasonably relevant and reasonably necessary to enable the agency to provide services to a relevant client.

(3) In this clause:

relevant client of a human services agency means an individual to whom the agency is providing welfare services, health services or mental health services.

cl 11: Ins 2005 (328), Sch 1 [2]. Subst 2015 No 69, Sch 2.2 [1].