Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ACT 2008 - SECT 859

    (1)     In this part:

"information sharing entity", for a child or young person, means any of the following:

        (a)     a parent of the child or young person;

        (b)     someone else who has parental responsibility for the child or young person;

Note     Parental responsibility for a child or young person is dealt with in div 1.3.2.

        (c)     an out-of-home carer for the child or young person;

Note     Out-of-home carers are dealt with in pt 15.4.

        (d)     an approved kinship and foster care organisation;

Note     Approved kinship and foster care organisation —see  s 502.

        (e)     a Minister;

        (f)     an ACT education provider;

        (g)     a police officer or a member of a police service or force of a State;

        (h)     a health facility;

              (i)     the chair of the therapeutic support panel;

        (j)     any of the following entities that provides services to, or has contact with, the child or young person or their family:

              (i)     an administrative unit;

              (ii)     a community-based service;

              (iii)     a territory authority (other than the legal aid commission);

              (iv)     a territory instrumentality;

              (v)     an entity established under a law of a State or the Commonwealth;

              (vi)     the holder of a position established under a law of a State or the Commonwealth;

              (vii)     a public employee (other than a judge or magistrate).

    (2)     In this section:

"ACT education provider"—see section 25.