New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMISSION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 1998 - SECT 15A

15A Reports under Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998

(1) Any information obtained by the Commission in the course of exercising its functions (other than its functions under section 11 (k)) may be used for the purposes of making a report to the Director-General of the Department of Community Services under section 24 (Report concerning child or young person at risk of harm) or 27 (Mandatory reporting) of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .

(2) A report referred to in section 29 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 may be provided to the Commission in accordance with a requirement under a provision of this Act. Any such report may not be subsequently dealt with by the Commission in a manner that contravenes that section, except to the extent that it is necessary for the Commission to do so in the exercise of its functions.