sec.287Other information sharing agreements

sec.287 Other information sharing agreements

The college may enter into an arrangement (an information sharing arrangement ) with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging any information held by the college or the relevant agency. The information to which the information sharing arrangement may relate is limited to information that— helps the college in the exercise of its functions under this Act or the relevant agency in the exercise of its functions; and is not information about a person’s criminal history. Under an information sharing arrangement, the college and relevant agency are, despite any other Act or law of the State, authorised to— request and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement; and disclose the information to the other party. In subsection (1) , a reference to information does not include interstate information. See section 12A (Suitability to work in child-related field—interstate information). In this section— relevant agency means any of the following— a department; the Crime and Corruption Commission; the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board continued in existence under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 , section 97 (1) ; an interstate regulatory authority. s 287 amd 2009 No. 48 s 58 ; 2014 No. 21 s 94 (2) sch 2 ; 2016 No. 46 s 132 ; 2017 No. 24 s 230 (sec.287-ssec.1) The college may enter into an arrangement (an information sharing arrangement ) with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging any information held by the college or the relevant agency. (sec.287-ssec.2) The information to which the information sharing arrangement may relate is limited to information that— helps the college in the exercise of its functions under this Act or the relevant agency in the exercise of its functions; and is not information about a person’s criminal history. (sec.287-ssec.3) Under an information sharing arrangement, the college and relevant agency are, despite any other Act or law of the State, authorised to— request and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement; and disclose the information to the other party. (sec.287-ssec.4) In subsection (1) , a reference to information does not include interstate information. See section 12A (Suitability to work in child-related field—interstate information). (sec.287-ssec.5) In this section— relevant agency means any of the following— a department; the Crime and Corruption Commission; the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board continued in existence under the Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017 , section 97 (1) ; an interstate regulatory authority.

• (a) helps the college in the exercise of its functions under this Act or the relevant agency in the exercise of its functions; and
• (b) is not information about a person’s criminal history.
• (a) request and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement; and