16Information on carers register must be accurate

16 Information on carers register must be accurate

16 Information on carers register must be accurate

(1) A designated agency must update information on the carers register about a relevant person as soon as practicable after becoming aware the information is incorrect or incomplete.

(2) The designated agency must, as soon as practicable after updating the register, notify the relevant person that the information has been updated.

(3) A designated agency must give a relevant person written notice of the reasons for not updating the carers register if—

(a) the relevant person makes a written request to the agency to update the information, and

(b) the agency decides to not update the register because the information is not incorrect or incomplete.

(4) If a designated agency is incapable of updating information on the register as required by this section, the Children’s Guardian may—

(a) update the information on the register on the agency’s behalf, and

(b) notify both the person to whom the information relates and the agency that the information was updated.

(5) This section applies in addition to the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, section 15.

(6) In this section—

relevant person, for a designated agency, means the following—

(a) a carer (a relevant authorised carer) authorised by the designated agency to provide statutory out-of-home care or supported out-of-home care in a private capacity,

(b) a person who was formerly a relevant authorised carer,

(c) a person who has applied to be a relevant authorised carer,

(d) a person, other than a child in out-of-home care, who resides for more than 21 days on the same property as a relevant authorised carer.

s 16: Ins 2022 (480), Sch 1[7].