Western Australian Current Acts

WORKING WITH CHILDREN (SCREENING) ACT 2004 - SECT 34G

34G .         Disclosure of information to Australian Crime Commission

        (1)         In this section —

        ACC means the Australian Crime Commission established under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Commonwealth) section 7.

        (2)         The CEO may disclose the following information to the ACC for inclusion in a national register or database established under the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002 (Commonwealth) —

            (a)         that a negative notice or an interim negative notice has been issued to a person;

            (b)         any other information relating to a negative notice or an interim negative notice prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection;

            (c)         in connection with the disclosure of information under paragraph (a) or (b) —

                  (i)         the name, address and date of birth of the person to whom the information relates; and

                  (ii)         any other identifying information the CEO considers to be relevant in the circumstances.

        (3)         If the CEO discloses information to the ACC under subsection (2)(a) and the negative notice or interim negative notice is subsequently cancelled, the CEO must provide information about the cancellation to the ACC.

        (4)         If the CEO discloses information to the ACC under subsection (2)(b) or (c) and the information is no longer up to date or found to be incorrect or inaccurate in some other respect, the CEO may disclose new or revised information to the ACC.

        (5)         This section does not limit the powers of the CEO to disclose information under another provision of this Act.

        [Section 34G inserted: No. 47 of 2022 s. 29.]