Section 15Part 3 — INVESTIGATION OF STALKING COMPLAINTS AND CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS
Police may release information to enable application for protection order to be made
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Where a police officer has knowledge of the name or address, or both, of a person who is alleged to be stalking another person or has stalked another person, the police officer may, at the request of that other person, or if a representative of the other person has been appointed, at the representative’s request, disclose that information to the court.
If information is disclosed to the court pursuant to subsection (1), the court staff shall treat that information as confidential and shall not disclose the information other than for purposes of subsection (3).
The court may, on request, disclose the information to the other person referred to in subsection (1) or that person’s representative only if it is satisfied that the other person or that other person’s representative is eligible to apply for a protection order against the person to whom this specified information relates.