Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) In this section
—
CEO (Education) means the chief executive officer
of the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the
administration of the School Education Act 1999 ;
CEO (Health) means the chief executive officer of
the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the
administration of the Health Services Act 2016 ;
relevant information means —
(a)
information that the CEO considers to be relevant to —
(i)
a person to whom Part 2 applies (including a person who
is subject to the application of section 32); or
(ii)
a person who has applied to the State Administrative
Tribunal under section 26;
or
(b)
information that the CEO considers to be relevant to whether —
(i)
a person should be issued an assessment notice, a further
assessment notice, a negative notice or an interim negative notice; or
(ii)
an assessment notice or a negative notice should be
cancelled;
or
(c) any
other information prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition.
(2) The CEO may
request relevant information for a WWC purpose from any person or body that,
in the opinion of the CEO, may possess relevant information.
(3) A person or body
in this State to which a request is made under subsection (2) is authorised to
disclose relevant information to the CEO.
(4) The following
persons and bodies must comply with a request under subsection (2) —
(a) the
CEO (Education);
(b) the
CEO (Health);
(c) a
health service provider as defined in the Health Services Act 2016 section 6.
(5) The CEO may use
relevant information obtained by the CEO from any source for a WWC purpose.
(6) The CEO may
disclose relevant information for a WWC purpose to —
(a) a
government agency; or
(b) a
criminal records agency.
(7) This section does
not limit the powers of the CEO to request, obtain or disclose information
under another provision of this Act.
[Section 34A inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 29.]