sec.159MDSharing information—decreasing likelihood of child becoming in need of protection

### sec.159MD Sharing information—decreasing likelihood of child becoming in need of protection The chief executive, an authorised officer or a prescribed entity (each a holder ) may give a prescribed entity or a service provider (each a recipient ) information if the holder reasonably believes the information may help the recipient— assess or respond to the health, educational or care needs of a child to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection; or otherwise make plans or decisions relating to, or provide or offer to provide services to, a child or the child’s family to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection. A service provider may give a prescribed entity information if the service provider reasonably believes the information may help the prescribed entity do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) . s 159MD ins 2017 No. 44 s 62 (sec.159MD-ssec.1) The chief executive, an authorised officer or a prescribed entity (each a holder ) may give a prescribed entity or a service provider (each a recipient ) information if the holder reasonably believes the information may help the recipient— assess or respond to the health, educational or care needs of a child to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection; or otherwise make plans or decisions relating to, or provide or offer to provide services to, a child or the child’s family to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection. (sec.159MD-ssec.2) A service provider may give a prescribed entity information if the service provider reasonably believes the information may help the prescribed entity do a thing mentioned in subsection (1) (a) or (b) . - (a) assess or respond to the health, educational or care needs of a child to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection; or - (b) otherwise make plans or decisions relating to, or provide or offer to provide services to, a child or the child’s family to decrease the likelihood of the child becoming a child in need of protection.