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MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2018 - SECT 13
Referral of matters to police and other agencies in the State and elsewhere
13 Referral of matters to police and other agencies in the State and elsewhere
(1) This section applies to any information obtained by the Commissioner in
the course of exercising the Commissioner's functions, being reports or other
information relating to modern slavery or suspected instances of
modern slavery.
(2) The Commissioner may refer any such information to the
Commissioner of Police, the Ombudsman, the Secretary of the Department of
Communities and Justice or any other investigative or government agency
(whether or not they are in or of the State) that the Commissioner considers
appropriate.
(3) In exercising the Commissioner's functions, the Commissioner
may work in co-operation with educational institutions, bodies and
organisations representing the interests of any industry and such other
persons, bodies and organisations as the Commissioner thinks appropriate.
(4)
Information may be referred in accordance with this section despite the
Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the
Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 but only to the extent that
it is relevant to the exercise of a function of the Commissioner under this
Act.
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