Police use of confidential information
124M Police use of confidential information
(1) A police officer who receives information under this Chapter, and any other police officer to whom the information is disclosed, may:
(a) subject to subsection (2), use the information to the extent necessary to perform the officer's functions as a police officer; or
(b) use the information immediately to the extent necessary and without complying with subsection (2) because, in the opinion of the police officer, urgent circumstances require immediate use of the information in order to perform the officer's functions as a police officer.
(2) A police officer must not use information received under this Chapter for an investigation or for a proceeding for an offence unless:
(a) the police officer, or another police officer, has consulted with the information sharing entity that gave the information about the proposed use; and
(b) taking that consultation in account, the police officer has determined that the proposed use of the information is in the best interests of a person who is experiencing domestic violence.
In this section:
use, in relation to information, includes:
disclose the information to someone else; and
give someone else access to the information.
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