112AProvision of personal information for benefit of victims of crime and family victims

#### 112A Provision of personal information for benefit of victims of crime and family victims 112A Provision of personal information for benefit of victims of crime and family victims > > (1) A victims rights agency is not required to comply with section 9, 10, 17, 18 or 19 of the [Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133) if compliance by the agency would prevent— > > > > > (a) the disclosure of information to a victim of crime or a family victim to which the victim is entitled under the Charter of Victims Rights (or the collection, use or disclosure of information that is incidental to that purpose), or > > > > > (b) the disclosure of information that is reasonably necessary to inform a victim of crime or a family victim about the general location or movements of a serious offender of whom they were the victim, or > > > > > (c) the disclosure of information to the responsible agency for a relevant victims register that is reasonably necessary to enable the responsible agency to comply with an obligation under an Act to notify a victim of crime or a family victim about the relevant victims register. > > > (2) However, nothing in subsection (1) requires a victims rights agency to disclose personal information to a victim of crime or a family victim if the agency is prohibited from doing so by or under this or any other Act or law. > > > (2A) The personal information that may be provided by a victims rights agency to a victim of crime in accordance with subsection (1) may, if the victim is a child under the age of 18 years or lacks the capacity to understand the nature of the information, be disclosed by the agency to a parent or guardian of the victim. > > > (3) In this section— > > > > personal information has the same meaning as in the [Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133). > > > > serious offender means a person who has been convicted of an indictable offence that is punishable by imprisonment for life or for a term of 5 years or more. > > > > victims rights agency means any of the following government sector agencies— > > > > > (a) the Department of Family and Community Services, > > > > > (b) the Department of Justice, > > > > > (c) the Cabinet Office, > > > > > (d) a local health district or statutory health corporation within the meaning of the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154), > > > > > (e) the Mental Health Review Tribunal, > > > > > (f) the NSW Police Force, > > > > > (g) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. > > **s 112A:** Ins 2015 No 69, Sch 2.3. Am 2018 No 34, Sch 1 \[17\]; 2023 No 35, Sch 4.43; 2025 No 27, Sch 4\[3\] \[4\].