Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME (WORKER CLEARANCE) ACT 2020 - SECT 47

    (1)     The Screening Agency must ensure that information made available to other persons, bodies or organisations is:

        (a)     appropriate and relevant for the purposes of conducting a screening check; and

        (b)     made available only to authorised persons; and

        (c)     collected through lawful and fair means; and

        (d)     accurate, up-to-date, complete and not misleading; and

        (e)     made available in a timely manner.

    (2)     The Screening Agency must:

        (a)     take the steps that are reasonable in the circumstances to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure; and

        (b)     put in place formal information sharing processes and mechanisms that are reliable, robust and transparent.