Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.128Board may enter into information sharing arrangement
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sec.128 Board may enter into information sharing arrangement
This section applies only to the extent— another provision of this Act allows the board to give information to the chief executive (employment screening); or a provision of the Working with Children Check Act 2000 allows the chief executive (employment screening) to give information to the board. The board and the chief executive (employment screening) may enter into a written arrangement by which the information is given or received. Without limiting subsection (2) , the arrangement may provide for the electronic transfer of information. However, if the information is to be electronically transferred and, under this Act or the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , there is a limitation on who may access the information or the purposes for which the information may be used, the arrangement must provide for the limitation. In this section— chief executive (employment screening) means the chief executive of the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered. s 128 amd 2024 No. 49 s 130 sch 4 pt 1 (sec.128-ssec.1) This section applies only to the extent— another provision of this Act allows the board to give information to the chief executive (employment screening); or a provision of the Working with Children Check Act 2000 allows the chief executive (employment screening) to give information to the board. (sec.128-ssec.2) The board and the chief executive (employment screening) may enter into a written arrangement by which the information is given or received. (sec.128-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the arrangement may provide for the electronic transfer of information. (sec.128-ssec.4) However, if the information is to be electronically transferred and, under this Act or the Working with Children Check Act 2000 , there is a limitation on who may access the information or the purposes for which the information may be used, the arrangement must provide for the limitation. (sec.128-ssec.5) In this section— chief executive (employment screening) means the chief executive of the department in which the Working with Children Check Act 2000 is administered.
- (a) another provision of this Act allows the board to give information to the chief executive (employment screening); or
- (b) a provision of the Working with Children Check Act 2000 allows the chief executive (employment screening) to give information to the board.