151AReferral of matters by courts [NSW]

151A Referral of matters by courts [NSW]

151A Referral of matters by courts [NSW]

(1) A court in this jurisdiction before which a person is convicted of an offence, or is made the subject of a criminal finding for a sex or violence offence or a drug related offence, must cause notice of the conviction or criminal finding, and of any penalty imposed on the person, to be given to the Executive Officer of a Council for a health profession if the court has reasonable grounds to believe that the person is or was, at the time the offence was committed, registered in the health profession.

(2) If a coroner has reasonable grounds to believe the evidence given or to be given in proceedings conducted or to be conducted before the coroner may indicate a complaint could be made about a person who is or was registered in a health profession, the coroner may give a transcript of that evidence to the Executive Officer of the Council for the health profession.

(3) If a notice or a transcript of evidence is given to the Executive Officer under this section—

(a) a complaint is taken to have been made to a Council about the person to whom the notice or transcript relates; and

(b) the Executive Officer must give written notice of the notice or transcript of evidence to the National Board for the health profession in which the person is or was registered.

(4) The coroner is not the complainant in relation to a complaint taken to have been made under subsection (3) and sections 144D(1), 144E and 144F do not apply to the complaint.