28BExchange of certain information

28B Exchange of certain information

28B Exchange of certain information

(1) The Secretary may enter into an arrangement (an information sharing arrangement) with the Commissioner of Fines Administration for the purposes of sharing or exchanging any information that is held by the Department or the Commissioner.

(2) The information to which an information sharing arrangement may relate is limited to information that assists in the exercise of—

(a) the functions of the Secretary under this Act or the regulations, or

(b) the functions of the Commissioner of Fines Administration under the Fines Act 1996 or the regulations under that Act.

(3) Under an information sharing arrangement—

(a) the Secretary is, despite any other Act or law of the State, authorised to request and receive information from the Commissioner of Fines Administration comprising the name, address and date of birth of a person who is the subject of a children’s community service order and is a fine defaulter (within the meaning of the Fines Act 1996), and

(b) the Commissioner of Fines Administration is authorised to disclose that information to the Secretary, and

(c) the Commissioner of Fines Administration is, despite any other Act or law of the State, authorised to request and receive information from the Department comprising the name, address and date of birth of a person who is the subject of a children’s community service order and is a fine defaulter (within the meaning of the Fines Act 1996), and

(d) the Secretary is authorised to disclose that information to the Commissioner of Fines Administration.

s 28B: Ins 2013 No 1, Sch 1.3 [2]. Am 2013 No 82, Sch 2.3 [1]–[3].