Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159MD

159MD Sharing information—decreasing likelihood of child becoming in need of protection

(1) The chief executive, an authorised officer or a prescribed entity (each a
"holder" ) may give a prescribed entity or a service provider (each a
"recipient" ) information if the holder reasonably believes the information may help the recipient—

(a) assess or respond to the health, educational or care needs of a child to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection; or

(b) otherwise make plans or decisions relating to, or provide or offer to provide services to, a child or the child’s family to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection.

(2) A service provider may give a prescribed entity information if the service provider reasonably believes the information may help the prescribed entity do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) .