Queensland Consolidated Acts

MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 796

796 Disclosure by QCAT of information about personal guardian or administrator

(1) This section applies to the following (each a
"QCAT official" )—

(a) a member of QCAT;

(b) the principal registrar or a registrar under the QCAT Act or another member of the administrative staff of the registry under that Act;

(c) an adjudicator or assessor appointed under the QCAT Act .

(2) If requested by the executive officer of the tribunal, or an employee of the department or a Hospital and Health Service who is involved in the administration of this Act, the QCAT official may disclose to the executive officer, or the employee, the following information—

(a) whether a personal guardian, or an administrator for a financial matter, has been appointed for a stated individual;

(b) if a personal guardian, or an administrator for a financial matter, has been appointed—the name and contact details of the personal guardian or administrator.

(3) The QCAT official may disclose the information despite any other law that would otherwise prohibit or restrict the disclosure of the information.

(4) In this section—

"administrator for a financial matter" , of a person, means an administrator for a financial matter appointed by QCAT for the person under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 .