CHILD SAFETY (PROHIBITED PERSONS) ACT 2016 - SECT 42B
CHILD SAFETY (PROHIBITED PERSONS) ACT 2016 - SECT 42B
42B—Access to police information
(1) The Commissioner
of Police is authorised to disclose the following information for the purpose
of the use of the information in assessing and determining whether a person
who engages or proposes to engage in child-related work poses an unacceptable
risk to children:
(a)
information relating to any matter that may cause a person to be
prohibited from working with children, or require a risk assessment of a
person under this Act or a corresponding law;
(b)
information relating to the criminal history of a person;
(c)
without limiting a preceding paragraph, information relating to the
circumstances of an offence or other matter disclosed under this section.
(2) The disclosure of
information under this section is limited to disclosure to any of the
following:
(a) the
central assessment unit;
(b) an
interstate screening agency;
(c) the
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission;
(d) a
law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or another State or Territory.
(3) A person to whom
information is disclosed under this section may disclose that information to
an interstate screening agency for the purposes of the use of the information
in assessing and determining whether a person poses an unacceptable risk to
children.
(4) Information
relating to a person's criminal history may be disclosed under this section
whether or not the information relates to a prescribed offence or presumptive
disqualification offence (within the meaning of section 26A).
(5) This section does
not limit the persons to whom, or the circumstances in which, information
relating to the criminal history, including the criminal record, of persons
may be disclosed apart from this Act.
(6) This section does
not limit the powers of the Commissioner of Police to disclose relevant
information as an authorised person under this Act.
(7) In this
section—
"interstate screening agency" means a person or body exercising functions in
the execution or administration of a corresponding law.