New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1998 - SECT 14A

14A Powers of Commission for Children and Young People to compel production of information

(1) The Commission for Children and Young People may, by notice in writing, require any government agency to provide the Commission with information (including documents) relevant to an assessment of whether a person poses a risk to the safety of children.

(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be given for the purposes of:

(a) preparing submissions to the Industrial Relations Commission or Administrative Decisions Tribunal under Subdivision 2 of Division 2 of Part 7 of this Act or section 16 of the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 , or

(b) considering a review application made to the Commission.

(3) A government agency to which any such notice is given is by this section authorised and required to provide the Commission for Children and Young People with the information sought by the notice.

(4) The Commission for Children and Young People may, by notice in writing, request a person other than a government agency to provide the Commission with a statement setting out information specified by the notice relevant to an assessment of whether a person poses a risk to the safety of children for the purposes of considering a review application made to the Commission.

(5) A person other than a government agency to whom any such request is given is by this section authorised to provide the Commission for Children and Young People with the information requested.

(6) A notice under this section may specify a day on or before which the notice is to be complied with.

(7) If documents are given to the Commission under this section, the Commission:

(a) may take possession of, and make copies of or take extracts from, the documents, and

(b) may keep possession of the documents for such period as is necessary for the purposes of preparing the submission or considering an application, and

(c) during that period must permit them to be inspected at all reasonable times by the persons who would be entitled to inspect them if they were not in the possession of the Commission.