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Corrections Act 2004

Corrections system - Miscellaneous - Information sharing about child sex offenders

182A: Information sharing about child sex offenders

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"Sharing information to keep children safe from people who have committed serious crimes against them"

When you are dealing with a child sex offender, some agencies can share information about them. They can do this if they have an agreement to share information, as stated in the section 182D of the Corrections Act. The agencies can share personal information, but only for certain reasons.

These reasons include making sure the offender follows the rules they must obey when they are released from prison. You can read about these rules in the Sentencing Act 2002, the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014, and other laws. The agencies also share information to manage the risk that the offender might commit another crime against children.

The agencies can share information to identify if the offender is more likely to break the rules or commit another crime. They can also share information to help the offender settle back into the community when they are released from prison. The Privacy Act 2020 still applies when agencies share this information.

Agencies can share information before the offender is released from prison.

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Miscellaneous: Information sharing about child sex offenders

182AInformation sharing about child sex offenders

  1. A specified agency that enters into an information sharing agreement under section 182D with another specified agency is authorised to disclose to that agency any personal information about a child sex offender, but only if the disclosure is for, or relates to, a purpose listed in subsection (3).

  2. Nothing in subsection (1) limits the operation of the Privacy Act 2020 or section 182 of this Act.

  3. The purposes for which personal information about a child sex offender may be disclosed under an information sharing agreement between specified agencies are:

  4. to monitor compliance by the child sex offender with his or her release conditions (including conditions imposed under section 93 of the Sentencing Act 2002), conditions of a sentence of supervision, intensive supervision, community detention, or home detention (imposed under section 80A of the Sentencing Act 2002), post-detention conditions of a sentence of home detention, conditions of an extended supervision order, restrictions related to a public protection order under the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014, or requirements of a protective supervision order under the Public Safety (Public Protection Orders) Act 2014:
    1. to manage the risk that the offender may commit further sexual offences against children:
      1. to identify any increased risk that the offender may breach his or her conditions or will commit further sexual offences against children:
        1. to facilitate the reintegration of the offender into the community.

          1. Information disclosed for the purposes of this section may be disclosed prior to the offender’s release from prison.

          Notes
          • Section 182A: inserted, on , by section 14(5) of the Parole (Extended Supervision) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 67).
          • Section 182A(2): amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).
          • Section 182A(3)(a): replaced, on , by section 58 of the Sentencing Amendment Act 2007 (2007 No 27).
          • Section 182A(3)(a): amended, on , by section 36 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 104).
          • Section 182A(3)(a): amended, on , by section 57 of the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Act 2016 (2016 No 42).
          • Section 182A(4): inserted, on , by section 33 of the Corrections Amendment Act 2009 (2009 No 3).