sec.28Information about child safety

sec.28 Information about child safety

To decide whether a person is disqualified from membership of the commission under section 19 (1) (c) or 20 (1) (c) , the Minister may ask the child protection chief executive to give the Minister a notice about whether the child protection chief executive considers the person may pose a risk to a child’s safety. The child protection chief executive must comply with the request. Also, if the child protection chief executive considers a person who is a commission member may pose a risk to a child’s safety, the child protection chief executive must give the Minister a notice stating the child protection chief executive considers the person may pose a risk to a child’s safety. In considering whether, in the child protection chief executive’s opinion, a person may pose a risk to a child’s safety, the child protection chief executive may have regard to any information that— is in the child protection chief executive’s possession or to which the child protection chief executive has access; and has been obtained under the Child Protection Act 1999 . The Minister may make a request under subsection (1) about a person who is not a commission member only if the person has given the Minister written consent for the request. The duty imposed on the child protection chief executive under this section applies only to information in the child protection chief executive’s possession or to which the child protection chief executive has access. If the Minister receives a notice about a person under this section, the Minister must give a copy of the notice to the person. The Minister must ensure a notice given to the Minister under this section is destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was requested. (sec.28-ssec.1) To decide whether a person is disqualified from membership of the commission under section 19 (1) (c) or 20 (1) (c) , the Minister may ask the child protection chief executive to give the Minister a notice about whether the child protection chief executive considers the person may pose a risk to a child’s safety. (sec.28-ssec.2) The child protection chief executive must comply with the request. (sec.28-ssec.3) Also, if the child protection chief executive considers a person who is a commission member may pose a risk to a child’s safety, the child protection chief executive must give the Minister a notice stating the child protection chief executive considers the person may pose a risk to a child’s safety. (sec.28-ssec.4) In considering whether, in the child protection chief executive’s opinion, a person may pose a risk to a child’s safety, the child protection chief executive may have regard to any information that— is in the child protection chief executive’s possession or to which the child protection chief executive has access; and has been obtained under the Child Protection Act 1999 . (sec.28-ssec.5) The Minister may make a request under subsection (1) about a person who is not a commission member only if the person has given the Minister written consent for the request. (sec.28-ssec.6) The duty imposed on the child protection chief executive under this section applies only to information in the child protection chief executive’s possession or to which the child protection chief executive has access. (sec.28-ssec.7) If the Minister receives a notice about a person under this section, the Minister must give a copy of the notice to the person. (sec.28-ssec.8) The Minister must ensure a notice given to the Minister under this section is destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was requested.