Duty of Care: One of the objectives of the Housing Act 1983 (Vic) is to promote security and a variety of tenure for all tenants and information to be disclosed pursuant to Information Privacy Principles. Principle 2.1 (d) – the organisation reasonably believes that the use of disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent serious (and imminent) threat to an individual’s life or their (or the public’s), health, safety or welfare. Therefore for the purpose of a referral this section allows for the disclosure of tenant information without prior consent and without breaching the Information Privacy Principles.