862Director-general—asking information sharing entity for

862 Director-general—asking information sharing entity for safety and wellbeing information (1) The director-general may ask an information sharing entity for a child or young person to give the director-general safety and wellbeing information in relation to the child or young person.

(2) An information sharing entity must comply with a request under subsection (1)— (a) promptly; and (b) if the director-general tells the entity that the situation is an emergency—not later than 24 hours after the entity receives the request. (3) This section is additional to section 25 (Director-general may ask for assistance, etc).