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Part 7 · Protection Against Family Violence

59E. Disclosure of information to or by protectors

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2023.

(1)

Subsections (2) and (3) are subject to any express restriction imposed by or under any other written law.

(2)

A relevant person may disclose to a protector any information received by the person under or for the purposes of any written law, if the disclosure is to enable or assist the protector to exercise any of his or her functions under this Part.

(3)

A protector may disclose to a relevant person any information received by the protector under or for the purposes of this Part, if the disclosure —

(a)

is connected with the exercise of any of the protector’s functions under this Part; or

(b)

is to enable or assist that person to exercise any of that person’s functions under any written law.

(4)

The following are relevant persons for the purposes of this section:

(a)

a Government department;

(b)

a statutory body;

(c)

a police officer;

(d)

a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.

(5)

This section does not affect any other power of disclosure.

Part 8

Maintenance of Wife, Incapacitated Husband and Children

Part 9

Enforcement of Maintenance Orders

Part 9A

Additional Provisions Relating to Part 7, 8 or 9

Part 10

Part 10A

Amicable Settlement of Disputes

Part 10B

Court’S Power to Set Aside and Prevent Dispositions Intended to Defeat Maintenance Claims or Other Orders in Matrimonial Proceedings

Part 10C

Replacement Because of Death

Part 11

Offences Against Women and Girls

Part 12

Miscellaneous

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