Equal Opportunity Act 2010

Nothing in section 176(3) or (4) prevents a person to whom section 176 applies disclosing or communicating information or producing in a court any document containing information to which that section applies if the disclosure, communication or production—

is necessary to prevent a credible and imminent threat of harm to one or more persons; or

is necessary to comply with a mandatory reporting obligation; or

is necessary for the determination by VCAT of an application for review made under section 50(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 regarding a decision made in response to a request under that Act for a document or information in a document held by the Commission.

A person to whom section 176 applies does not commit an offence against section 176(3) or (4) if the person discloses, communicates or produces information in the circumstances set out in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c).