Housing Act 2003

This section applies to the disclosure of confidential information by—

the chief executive or an employee of the department to an approved provider; or

an approved provider or an employee of the approved provider to the chief executive or another approved provider.

The chief executive, employee of the department, approved provider or employee of the approved provider is not criminally liable for the disclosure under any law, including, for example, a confidentiality provision, if the disclosure is made for the purpose of providing a housing service.

The chief executive or employee of the department is not civilly liable if the disclosure is made for the purpose of providing a housing service.

The approved provider or employee of the approved provider is not civilly liable if—

the disclosure is made for the purpose of providing a housing service; and

the disclosure does not contravene—

for a funded provider—a term of the provider’s funding agreement; or

for another approved provider—a term of the provider’s contract or agreement with a funded provider.

In this section—confidentiality provision means any of the following—

the Ambulance Service Act 1991, section 49A;

the Child Protection Act 1999, sections 186 and 188;

the Corrective Services Act 2006, section 341;

the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986, section 6;

the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1978, section 10;

the Witness Protection Act 2000, section 36;

section 94C, 94D or 94E.