Victorian Current Acts

CHILD WELLBEING AND SAFETY ACT 2005 - SECT 41S

    (1)     In this Act, "restricted" information sharing entity means a person or body, or a class of person or body, prescribed to belong to a category of restricted information sharing entity specified in the regulations.

    (2)     Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may specify that a category of restricted information sharing entity may carry out one or more of the following activities as if it were an information sharing entity—

        (a)     disclose confidential information under section 41V to—

              (i)     an information sharing entity; or

              (ii)     a restricted information sharing entity that belongs to a category of restricted information sharing entity that may collect confidential information under this Part;

        (b)     collect confidential information disclosed under this Part;

        (c)     request the disclosure of confidential information under section 41W(1) , and collect that information, from—

              (i)     an information sharing entity; or

              (ii)     a restricted information sharing entity that belongs to a category of restricted information sharing entity that may disclose confidential information under section 41W(3);

        (d)     disclose confidential information under section 41W(3) if requested to do so by—

              (i)     an information sharing entity; or

              (ii)     a restricted information sharing entity that belongs to a category of restricted information sharing entity that may request confidential information under section 41W(1);

        (e)     disclose confidential information under section 41Y.

    (3)     A restricted information sharing entity must only disclose confidential information to the extent permitted by this Part or the regulations for the category of restricted information sharing entity to which the restricted information sharing entity belongs.

S. 41T inserted by No. 11/2018 s. 8.