Queensland Numbered Acts

DISABILITY SERVICES AND OTHER LEGISLATION (WORKER SCREENING) AMENDMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 55

55 Amendment of s 384 (Confidentiality of police, disciplinary and mental health information)

(1) Section 384 , heading, ‘police, disciplinary and mental health’—
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protected

(2) Section 384 (1) (b) —
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(b) in that capacity, was given, or given access to, any of the following information (
"protected information" ) about a person—

(i) police information about the person and information related to the police information;

(ii) disciplinary information about the person;

(iii) information about the person’s mental health, including, for example, information about a proceeding in the Mental Health Court or the Mental Health Review Tribunal about the person;

(iv) other information about the person that the chief executive has considered in making an employment-screening decision about the person, including, for example, information given to the chief executive by the chief executive (disability services) under the Disability Services Act 2006 , section 138ZG.

(3) Section 384 (2) (a) , ‘information mentioned in subsection (1) (b) ’—
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protected information

(4) Section 384 (3) and (4) , before ‘information’—
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protected

(5) Section 384 (4) (d) —
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(d) is expressly permitted under chapter 8 or section 395; or