327AAuthority to exchange information relating to misconduct by correctional employees

327A Authority to exchange information relating to misconduct by correctional employees

327A Authority to exchange information relating to misconduct by correctional employees

(1) This clause applies to an information sharing arrangement between the Commissioner and the Secretary of the Department of Communities and Justice under the Act, section 257A.

(2) For the Act, section 257A(4), definition of prescribed information, information is of a prescribed kind if the information assists in the exercise of the Commissioner’s functions in relation to misconduct of correctional employees, including functions under the Act or the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.

(3) The information prescribed by subclause (2) includes—

(a) health information, within the meaning of the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002, and

(b) personal information, within the meaning of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998.

(4) In this clause—

correctional employee has the same meaning as in the Act, section 236P.

misconduct includes conduct or alleged conduct of a correctional employee that—

(a) constitutes, or would constitute, a criminal offence by the employee, or

(b) would provide grounds for taking proceedings or action under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 against the employee.

cl 327A: Ins 2024 (508), Sch 1.1[2].