Western Australian Current Acts

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

34H .         Disclosure of information relevant to protection of children or other persons

        (1)         In this section —

        CEO (Children and Community Services) means the CEO as defined in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 3;

        prescribed authority means —

            (a)         a public authority; or

            (b)         the CEO (Children and Community Services); or

            (c)         a person or body in another jurisdiction with functions that substantially correspond to the functions of the CEO (Children and Community Services); or

            (d)         the Commissioner; or

            (e)         the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police; or

            (f)         the Commissioner (however designated) of the police force of another jurisdiction; or

            (g)         an external government agency prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition; or

            (h)         any other person or body, or person or body of a class, prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.

        (2)         The CEO may disclose to a prescribed authority any information obtained or created as a result of the performance of a function or the exercise of a power under this Act —

            (a)         that, in the opinion of the CEO, is, or is likely to be, relevant to the wellbeing of a child or a class or group of children; or

            (b)         without limiting paragraph (a), in the case of disclosure to the CEO (Children and Community Services) — that, in the opinion of the CEO, is, or is likely to be, relevant to —

                  (i)         the wellbeing of a person who under the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 96 qualifies for assistance for the purposes of Part 4 Division 6 of that Act; or

                  (ii)         the safety of a person who has been subjected to, or exposed to, family violence; or

                  (iii)         the administration of the Children and Community Services Act 2004 ;

                or

            (c)         that is information of a kind prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this subsection.

        (3)         However, a prescribed report obtained from the CEO (Justice) under section 34C cannot be disclosed under subsection (2) without the approval of the CEO (Justice).

        (4)         This section does not limit or derogate from any other Act or law relating to the disclosure of information for the protection of children or other persons.

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