46SGuidelines

46S Guidelines

(1) The Secretary may issue guidelines addressing the following matters—

(a) the recording of information in the Register;

(b) amending, deleting or creating entries in the Register under section 46D;

(c) the manner in which information is to be collected for the purposes of the Register under section 46G or 46H;

(d) the authorisation of Child Link users under Division 4, including circumstances and manner of authorisation;

(e) the removal of access to an entry or part of an entry in the Register and removal of a Child Link user's access to the Register;

(f) the provision of de-identified information under section 46O;

(g) systems security and integrity measures.

(2) The Secretary must publish any guidelines issued under subsection (1) on an appropriate Internet site as soon as possible after the guidelines are issued.

(3) The Secretary may review guidelines issued under subsection (1) at any time and may issue amended guidelines as the Secretary considers necessary.

(4) Guidelines issued under subsection (1) are not legislative instruments within the meaning of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994.

Division 6—Offences

S. 46T inserted by No. 11/2018 s. 10.