CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 16ZC Disclosure of information to the Commission, the head of an entity, a regulator, Victoria Police and others
CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 16ZC
Disclosure of information to the Commission, the head of an entity, a regulator, Victoria Police and others(1) This section applies to information in relation to the following—
(a) a reportable allegation;
(b) a concern that reportable conduct has been committed;
(c) the investigation of a matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) the findings, reasons for the findings and the recommendations made at the conclusion of the investigation;
(e) the action taken in response to those findings.
(2) The Commission, the head of an entity and a regulator may disclose information referred to in subsection (1) to—
(a) each other; and
(b) the Chief Commissioner of Police; and
(c) if necessary for the purposes of an investigation, an independent investigator; and
S. 16ZC(2)(d) substituted by No. 34/2020 s. 174.
(d) if necessary for the purposes of a WWC check, the Secretary to the Department of Justice and Community Safety; and
(e) a relevant Minister; and
S. 16ZC(2)(f) amended by No. 4/2018 s. 6(a).
(f) any other prescribed person or body in relation to a prescribed matter, or a prescribed class of matters; and
S. 16ZC(2)(g) inserted by No. 4/2018 s. 6(b).
(g) any other prescribed person or body in relation to a prescribed matter, or a prescribed class of matters, if the information relates to the performance of a function conferred on the person or body by or under the laws of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
S. 16ZD inserted by No. 4/2017 s. 6.