Education and Care Services National Law (Queensland)
sec.272Disclosure of information to approved providers
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sec.272 Disclosure of information to approved providers
The National Authority or the Regulatory Authority may disclose the following information to an approved provider if the National Authority or Regulatory Authority considers on reasonable grounds that the information may assist the provider to comply with this Law— whether an individual who is employed, appointed or engaged by the approved provider has given an enforceable undertaking under section 179A that is in force, including information about the following— the provisions of this Law that the individual has contravened or is alleged to have contravened; the actions that the individual must take or refrain from taking to comply with the enforceable undertaking; whether the individual is complying with the enforceable undertaking; whether an individual who is employed, appointed or engaged by the approved provider is subject to a prohibition notice that is in force under this Law as applying in any participating jurisdiction; whether a family day care educator employed, appointed or engaged by the approved provider has been suspended from providing education and care to children under section 178 . A disclosure of information under this section is subject to Division 1 and any protocol agreed for the purposes of this section by— the National Authority, all participating jurisdictions and the Commonwealth; and subject to any protocol referred to in paragraph (a) , the National Authority and the Regulatory Authority, or the National Authority, the Regulatory Authority and any Regulatory Authority of another participating jurisdiction. s 272 sub 2017 No. 9 (Vic) s 64 amd 2022 No. 13 (Vic) s 13 ; 2025 No. 53 (Vic) s 9 (sec.272-ssec.1) The National Authority or the Regulatory Authority may disclose the following information to an approved provider if the National Authority or Regulatory Authority considers on reasonable grounds that the information may assist the provider to comply with this Law— whether an individual who is employed, appointed or engaged by the approved provider has given an enforceable undertaking under section 179A that is in force, including information about the following— the provisions of this Law that the individual has contravened or is alleged to have contravened; the actions that the individual must take or refrain from taking to comply with the enforceable undertaking; whether the individual is complying with the enforceable undertaking; whether an individual who is employed, appointed or engaged by the approved provider is subject to a prohibition notice that is in force under this Law as applying in any participating jurisdiction; whether a family day care educator employed, appointed or engaged by the approved provider has been suspended from providing education and care to children under section 178 . (sec.272-ssec.2) A disclosure of information under this section is subject to Division 1 and any protocol agreed for the purposes of this section by— the National Authority, all participating jurisdictions and the Commonwealth; and subject to any protocol referred to in paragraph (a) , the National Authority and the Regulatory Authority, or the National Authority, the Regulatory Authority and any Regulatory Authority of another participating jurisdiction.