86General access to registers

86 General access to registers

86 General access to registers

(1) The Children’s Guardian must ensure that information on a register is not disclosed except—

(a) as provided by this Division, or

(b) as required or permitted to be disclosed under another Act or law.

(2) A residential care provider must have access to the information on the residential care workers register in relation to the following—

(a) residential care workers who work at places at which residential care is provided if the provision of the residential care is arranged by the residential care provider (residential care workers for the residential care provider),

(b) persons who were formerly residential care workers for the residential care provider,

(c) persons who have applied to be residential care workers for the residential care provider,

(d) persons prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The Children’s Guardian must provide access to information held on a register to any of the following persons if asked by the person—

(a) the Secretary,

(b) the Minister administering the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998,

(c) the Ombudsman.

s 86: Am 2022 No 33, Sch 1[16] [17]; 2022 No 59, Sch 2.7[1] [2].