Part 2: Victims of Major Incidents Functions and powers of advocates: general Section 43: Information sharing and data protection
This section provides for the sharing of information, by an advocate; and for the sharing of information with an advocate.
	An advocate may share information received in the exercise of their functions with specified persons under subsection (1). A person exercising functions of a public nature may share information with the advocate, as they consider appropriate, for the purposes of the advocate exercising their functions under subsection (2).
	The section does not compel the sharing of information by, or with, an advocate.
	Subsection (6) makes clear that the data protection legislation applies to the sharing of information under this section. The definitions in subsection (7) only apply to this section of the Act.