New South Wales Consolidated Acts

INSTITUTE OF TEACHERS ACT 2004 - SECT 42

42 Exchange of information

(1) The Institute may enter into an arrangement ( "an information sharing arrangement") with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging any information that is held by the Institute or the agency.

(2) The information to which an information sharing arrangement may relate is limited to information that assists in the exercise of the functions of the Minister or Institute under this Act or of the relevant agency concerned.

(3) Under an information sharing arrangement, the Institute and the relevant agency are, despite any other Act or law of the State, authorised:

(a) to request and receive information that is held by the other party to the arrangement, and

(b) to disclose that information to the other party.

(4) This section does not limit the operation of section 18 (3).

(5) In this section:
"relevant agency" means any of the following:

(a) the Board of Studies,

(b) the Department of Education and Training,

(c) any teacher accreditation authority,

(d) any university or other tertiary institution,

(e) any other person or body prescribed by the regulations.