New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES (COMPLAINTS, REVIEWS AND MONITORING) ACT 1993 - SECT 8A

8A Provision of information to Children’s Guardian

(1) An Official Community Visitor is required to provide to the Children’s Guardian, and the Children’s Guardian is authorised to collect and use, any information obtained by the Official Community Visitor under section 8 that is of a class specified by the Children’s Guardian (and notified to the Visitor) as being information that is relevant to the exercise of the functions of the Children’s Guardian in connection with the accreditation of an organisation or government department as a designated agency under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 .

(2) A provision of any other Act or law that prohibits or restricts the disclosure of information does not operate to prevent the provision of information (or affect a duty to provide information) under this section.