Care and Protection of Children Act 2007
190Provision of information
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190 Provision of information (1) Despite any law of the Territory: (a) for the purpose of determining an application under section 188, the Commissioner of Police, the CEO and any other person may give the Authority any information held by them about any of the following: (i) the candidate's engagement with the Agency under this Act; (ii) any order imposed on the candidate by a court under this Act, the Domestic and Family Violence Act 2007 or the Personal Violence Restraining Orders Act 2016; (iii) the candidate's criminal history; and (b) the Authority may collect and maintain the information. (2) A person acting in good faith in giving the information is not civilly or criminally liable, or in breach of any professional code of conduct, for giving the information. (3) If a charge or conviction is expunged under the Expungement of Historical Homosexual Offence Records Act 2018 or Part XI, Division 18, of the Criminal Code: (a) the person is to be treated under this Act as if the person had never committed or been charged with, prosecuted for, convicted of or sentenced for the offence; and
Care and Protection of Children Act 2007 119 (b) subsections (1) and (2) do not apply in respect of the expunged charge or conviction.