CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 862 Director-general—asking information sharing entity for safety and wellbeing

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 862

    (1)     The director-general may ask an information sharing entity for a child or young person to give the director-general safety and wellbeing information in relation to the child or young person.

    (2)     An information sharing entity must comply with a request under subsection (1)—

        (a)     promptly; and

        (b)     if the director-general tells the entity that the situation is an emergency—not later than 24 hours after the entity receives the request.

    (3)     This section is additional to section 25 (Director-general may ask for assistance, etc).