South Australian Current Acts

CHILD SAFETY (PROHIBITED PERSONS) ACT 2016 - SECT 39A

39A—Reporting bodies to notify central assessment unit etc

        (1)         Without limiting any other Act or law that requires or authorises a reporting body to disclose information, a reporting body—

            (a)         must, if in the course of performing its functions in relation to a person the reporting body suspects that the person poses, or may pose, an unacceptable risk to children—

                  (i)         notify the central assessment unit of that suspicion; and

                  (ii)         provide to the central assessment unit such information as may be in the possession of the reporting body as may be relevant to the notification; and

            (b)         may disclose to the central assessment unit any information on any matter relevant to the operation of this Act.

        (2)         A notification under subsection (1)(a) must be made in a manner and form determined by the central assessment unit.

        (3)         The regulations may make further provision in relation to a notification under this section.

        (4)         In this section—

"reporting body" means a person or body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.