(1)  The Secretary may do either or both of the following:

(a) provide an information-sharing entity with information relating to the safety, welfare or wellbeing of a relevant person;

(b) require an information-sharing entity to provide, to the Secretary, information relating to the safety, welfare or wellbeing of a relevant person.

(2)  An information-sharing entity required to provide information to the Secretary under subsection (1)(b) must, within the period specified by the Secretary –

(a) provide the information; or

(b) if the information-sharing entity does not have the information, provide the Secretary with written notice that it cannot provide the information for that reason.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(3)  An information-sharing entity may do either or both of the following if satisfied that information in its possession relates to the safety, welfare or wellbeing of a relevant person:

(a) provide the Secretary with the information, whether or not the Secretary has required the information to be provided;

(b) provide another information-sharing entity with the information if that entity is involved with, or is likely to be involved with, the relevant person or a significant person to the relevant person.

(4)  A person providing information under this section –

(a) cannot, by virtue of providing the information, be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, to have departed from any accepted standards of professional conduct or to have contravened any Act; and

(b) to the extent that he or she has acted in good faith, incurs no civil or criminal liability in respect of providing the information.