Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMMISSION ACT 1991 - SECT 28B

28B Exchange of information between commission and relevant agencies

(1) The commission may enter into an arrangement (an
"information-sharing arrangement" ) with a relevant agency for the purpose of sharing or exchanging information—

(a) held by the commission or the relevant agency; or

(b) to which the commission or the relevant agency has access.

(2) An information-sharing arrangement may relate only to information—

(a) that helps—

(i) the commission perform the commission’s functions; or

Note—

For the commission’s functions, see section 7 .

(ii) the relevant agency perform its functions; or

(b) the disclosure of which is reasonably necessary for protecting the health or safety of a person or property.

(3) Under an information-sharing arrangement, the commission and the relevant agency are, despite another Act or law, authorised to—

(a) ask for and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement or to which the other party has access; and

(b) disclose information to the other party.

(4) In this section—

"relevant agency" means—

(a) the chief executive of a department; or

(b) a health and safety regulator within the meaning of section 28A ; or

(c) a local government; or

(d) an agency of the Commonwealth, or another State, prescribed by regulation; or

(e) an entity established under an Act.