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Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012
36AInformation-sharing
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#### 36A Information-sharing
36A Information-sharing
> > (1) The Children’s Guardian may exchange working with children check information with an interstate screening agency.
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> > (2) If a person, acting in good faith, exchanges information in accordance with this section, the person is not liable to civil or criminal action, or disciplinary action, for exchanging the information.
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> > (3) Nothing in this section limits an exchange of working with children check information otherwise permitted under this Act or another Act or law.
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> > (4) In this section—
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> > interstate screening agency means a body authorised under a law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory to conduct interstate child-related work screening, within the meaning of section 34.
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> > personal information has the same meaning as in the [Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133).
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> > working with children check information means—
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> > > (a) information relevant to determining whether to grant or cancel a working with children check clearance, or its equivalent in another jurisdiction, to a particular person, and
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> > > (b) personal information about the holder of a clearance, and
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> > > (c) information about whether a person has been cleared to engage in child-related work, and
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> > > (d) information recorded on the NRS database, within the meaning of section 36D.
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> **s 36A:** Ins 2016 No 56, Sch 1 \[13\]. Subst 2022 No 34, Sch 1\[9\]. Am 2022 No 59, Sch 2.6.