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Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
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183B Providing information for national database
(1) The CEO may share any information acquired by the CEO in
exercising powers or performing functions under this Act in a
database that enables States and the Territory to share information
related to the safety and wellbeing of children if the CEO is satisfied
that the information in the database will only be used for an
interstate officer to exercise powers or perform functions under a
child welfare law.
child welfare law means a law of a State that substantially
corresponds to the provisions in Part 2.3 that relate to a protection
interstate officer, for a State, means the person holding or
occupying the office or position that has the principal responsibility
for the protection of children in the State under the child welfare law
State means:
(a) a State or another Territory of the Commonwealth; or
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(b) New Zealand.
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