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Oranga Tamariki Act 1989

Trans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings - Miscellaneous provisions

207ZL: Disclosure of information to interstate officer

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"Sharing information with Australia to help keep kids safe"

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If you work for Oranga Tamariki, you might get information while doing your job. The person in charge, called the chief executive, can share this information with someone from another state in Australia. They can do this if they think it will help the interstate officer do their job under a child welfare law or another law in their state. The chief executive can share the information even if other parts of the law say they should not.

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Part 3ATrans-Tasman transfer of protection orders and protection proceedings
Miscellaneous provisions

207ZLDisclosure of information to interstate officer

  1. This section applies to information that has come to the notice of the chief executive, or to an officer or employee of the department, in the performance of duties or exercise of powers under this Act.

  2. Despite anything to the contrary in this Act, the chief executive may disclose to an interstate officer information to which this section applies if the chief executive considers the disclosure necessary or desirable to enable the interstate officer to perform duties or exercise powers under a child welfare law or an interstate law.

Notes
  • Section 207ZL: inserted, on , by section 3 of the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Trans-Tasman Transfer of Protection Orders and Proceedings) Amendment Act 1999 (1999 No 116).