New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe Department is not required to comply with section 18 or 19 (1) of the Act if non-compliance is reasonably necessary to enable the Department to do one or more of the following:
(a) to protect the safety, welfare or well-being of a person,
(b) to provide services and programs to an offender effectively,
(c) to permit one or more of the following to exercise its functions properly in relation to an offender:(i) the Department of Community Services,(ii) the Department of Health,(iii) Justice Health,Note: This does not permit the Department to disclose health information as health information is regulated by the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 .
(d) to disclose personal information to a person for the purposes of an investigation, but only if the disclosure is made to a person:(i) to verify the information, or(ii) to obtain professional or technical advice about the information.