Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005
sec.285BCollege may enter into information sharing agreement with chief executive (employment screening)
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sec.285B College may enter into information sharing agreement with chief executive (employment screening)
This section applies only to the extent— another provision of this Act allows the college 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 college. The college 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. s 285B ins 2010 No. 5 s 198 amd 2014 No. 28 s 105 sch 1 ; 2024 No. 49 s 130 sch 4 pt 2 (sec.285B-ssec.1) This section applies only to the extent— another provision of this Act allows the college 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 college. (sec.285B-ssec.2) The college and the chief executive (employment screening) may enter into a written arrangement by which the information is given or received. (sec.285B-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the arrangement may provide for the electronic transfer of information. (sec.285B-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.
- (a) another provision of this Act allows the college 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 college.