Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The chair of the therapeutic support panel may, for the purpose of preparing a therapy plan for a child or young person, by written notice request an information sharing entity to give the chair safety and wellbeing information, produce a document or something else (the requested information ) about the child or young person.
(2) An information sharing entity that receives a request under subsection (1) must not fail to comply with the request unless the entity does not have the requested information, or has a reasonable excuse for failing to comply.
Example—reasonable excuse for failing to comply with request
1 risk of compromising a criminal investigation
2 risk to the safety or wellbeing of a person
3 protecting the identity of a person disclosing confidential information
(3) On receipt of a request under subsection (1) an information sharing entity must promptly—
(a) comply with the request; or
(b) tell the chair, in writing, the reason for failing to comply with the request.
(4) In this section:
"information" means information in any form.
Examples
1 a written document
2 an electronic record
"information sharing entity" means an entity—
(a) mentioned in section 859 (1); or
(b) prescribed by regulation.
"safety and wellbeing information", in relation to a child or young person,
means information that is relevant to the health, safety or wellbeing of the
child or young person.