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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2018 (NO. 4 OF 2018) - SECT 5

Section 123AB

substitute

123AB     Sharing public safety information—territory agencies

    (1)     A public safety agency may—

        (a)     give public safety information to another public safety agency (the receiving agency ); and

        (b)     impose conditions on how the receiving agency uses, stores or shares the information.

    (2)     A public safety agency may request public safety information from another public safety agency.

    (3)     A public safety agency that receives a request under subsection (2) may comply with the request.

    (4)     However, a public safety agency (the giving agency ) must not give public safety information to the receiving agency unless the giving agency is satisfied that the receiving agency will use the information to exercise a function given to the receiving agency under a territory law.

123ABA     Sharing public safety information—non-territory agencies

    (1)     A public safety agency may give public safety information to a non-territory agency if the public safety agency is satisfied that the information relates to—

        (a)     a function of the non-territory agency; and

        (b)     compliance with a law of another jurisdiction that makes provision for public safety.

Note     For how documents may be given, see the Legislation Act

, pt 19.5.

    (2)     A public safety agency may impose conditions on how the non-territory agency uses, stores or shares the public safety information.

    (3)     However, a public safety agency must not give public safety information under this section unless the public safety agency is satisfied that—

        (a)     the non-territory agency that receives the information (the receiving agency ) will use the information to exercise a function the receiving agency has under a law mentioned in subsection (1) (b); and

        (b)     giving the information will not unreasonably compromise the exercise of a function under a territory law.



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