Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION (OFFENDER REPORTING AND OFFENDER PROHIBITION ORDER) ACT 2004 - SECT 74D

74D Giving information to police commissioner

(1) For the purposes of this Act, the police commissioner may direct an entity to give the police commissioner any information about a reportable offender, including about an order made under this Act in relation to the offender, held by the entity that is relevant to—

(a) deciding whether an application for an order under this Act should be made; or

(b) the making of an order under this Act; or

(c) amending or revoking an order under this Act; or

(d) serving an application or order under this Act; or

(e) investigating an alleged breach of this Act or an order under this Act.

(2) The direction must—

(a) be given in writing; and

(b) state the day on or before which the information must be given.

(3) The entity is authorised and, despite any other Act, required to give the information sought by the direction to the police commissioner.

(4) However, the entity is not required to give the information if the information is subject to legal professional privilege.

(5) This section does not apply to the following entities—

(a) the chief executive of the department in which the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 is administered;

(b) a Hospital and Health Service under that Act.

(6) In this section—

"entity" includes a government entity.