16Information sharing

16 Information sharing

(1)  In this section –

non-identifying information means information in relation to a person that does not –

(a) contain identifying details for the person; or

(b) enable the identity of the person to be ascertained or discovered.

(2)  The Commissioner may do either or both of the following:

(a) provide an information-sharing entity with non-identifying information relating to a child or young person;

(b) request non-identifying information relating to a child or young person from an information-sharing entity.

(3)  An information-sharing entity may, on its own initiative, provide the Commissioner with non-identifying information relating to a child or young person if it is lawful to do so.

(4)  A person providing information under this section –

(a) cannot, by virtue of providing the information, be held to have breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics, to have departed from any accepted standards of professional conduct or to have contravened any Act; and

(b) to the extent that he or she has acted in good faith, incurs no civil or criminal liability in respect of providing the information.