61Requiring information about child

61 Requiring information about child

(1)  In this section –

prescribed authority means –

(a) the principal of a school; or

(b) the administrative authority of a school; or

(c) any other person or organisation, or person or organisation that is a member of a class of persons or organisations, determined by the Ministerial instructions referred to in section 66 to be a prescribed authority.

(2)  A prescribed authority may request or require the provision of information, or a consent or authority, under this section in relation to a child for the following purposes:

(a) to assess whether the enrolment or continued enrolment of the child in a school is likely to constitute a risk, because of the behaviour of the child, to the health and safety of the child or any school student, teacher or other person at the school;

(b) to develop and maintain strategies to support the child's access to education and eliminate or ameliorate any risk of the kind specified in paragraph (a) .

(3)  A prescribed authority, in writing, may require the child's parent to provide to the prescribed authority, within the reasonable period specified in the requirement –

(a) the information (not being the child's medical information) specified in the requirement; or

(b) a consent or authority for the person or organisation specified in the consent or authority to provide the information (not being the child's medical information) specified in the consent or authority.

(4)  A prescribed authority, in writing, may require any of the following persons or organisations to provide to the prescribed authority, within the reasonable period specified in the requirement, the information specified in the requirement:

(a) the principal of a school;

(b) the administrative authority of a school;

(c) the Secretary;