Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 159ME

159ME Sharing information—facilitating participation of child or child’s family

(1) The chief executive or an authorised officer (each a
"holder" ) may give an independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child information if the holder reasonably believes the information may help the independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity—

(a) facilitate the participation of the child or the child’s family in making plans or decisions relating to the child or the child’s family; or

(b) provide, or offer to provide, services to the child or the child’s family.

(2) An independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child may give the chief executive or an authorised officer (each a
"recipient" ) information about the child if the independent Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander entity reasonably believes the information may help—

(a) the child or the child’s family participate in making plans or decisions relating to the child or the child’s family; or

(b) the chief executive provide, or offer to provide, services to the child or the child’s family.