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209 Restrictions on access to confidential information

(1) A relevant agency may refuse to give an individual access to that individual's confidential information under a relevant privacy law if the relevant agency believes on reasonable grounds that giving the individual access to the information would increase a risk to the safety of a service user or group of service users.

relevant privacy law means—

(a) Health Privacy Principle 6; or

(b) Information Privacy Principle 6; or

(d) the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth applied as a law of Victoria by another Act.

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