Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
CEO , of a prescribed State authority, means
—
(a) if
the prescribed State authority is a body referred to in paragraph (a) of the
definition of prescribed State authority — the chief executive officer
(however described) of that body; or
(b) if
the prescribed State authority is a person referred to in paragraph (b) of the
definition of prescribed State authority — that person;
prescribed State authority means —
(a) a
body (whether corporate or unincorporate) established or continued for a
public purpose under a written law and prescribed by the regulations for this
paragraph; or
(b) a
person lawfully holding, acting in or performing the functions of an office,
post or position established or continued for a public purpose under a written
law and prescribed by the regulations for this paragraph;
relevant information means information (including
personal information) that, in the opinion of the disclosing CEO under
subsection (2) or the requesting CEO under subsection (3), is or is likely to
be relevant to —
(a) the
treatment or care of a person, or the persons in a class of person, who has or
may have a mental illness; or
(b) the
health, safety or wellbeing of a person who has or may have a mental illness;
or
(c) the
safety of another person with respect to which there is a risk because of a
person who has or may have a mental illness; or
(d) the
performance of a function under this Act by the CEO’s prescribed State
authority.
(2) The CEO of a
prescribed State authority (the disclosing CEO ) may disclose relevant
information to the CEO of another prescribed State authority.
(3) The CEO of a
prescribed State authority (the requesting CEO ) may request the CEO of
another prescribed State authority to disclose relevant information to the
requesting CEO.