sec.53AExchange of information

sec.53A Exchange of information

The commission may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement ) with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging information— held by the commission or the relevant agency; or to which the commission or the relevant agency has access. An information-sharing arrangement may relate only to information that assists— the commission perform the commission’s functions under this Act; or the relevant agency perform its functions. Under an information-sharing arrangement, the commission and the relevant agency are, despite another Act or law, authorised to— ask for and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement or to which the other party has access; and disclose information to the other party. The commission may use criminal intelligence given to the commission by the police commissioner under an information-sharing arrangement only for monitoring compliance with this Act. In this section— information does not include information given to the commission or a relevant agency, or to which the commission or relevant agency has access, under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 . relevant agency means the following— the police commissioner; the chief executive of a department; a local government; a person prescribed by regulation. s 53A (prev s 98A) ins 2016 No. 62 s 348 reloc and renum 2020 No. 23 s 59 (sec.53A-ssec.1) The commission may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement ) with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging information— held by the commission or the relevant agency; or to which the commission or the relevant agency has access. (sec.53A-ssec.2) An information-sharing arrangement may relate only to information that assists— the commission perform the commission’s functions under this Act; or the relevant agency perform its functions. (sec.53A-ssec.3) Under an information-sharing arrangement, the commission and the relevant agency are, despite another Act or law, authorised to— ask for and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement or to which the other party has access; and disclose information to the other party. (sec.53A-ssec.4) The commission may use criminal intelligence given to the commission by the police commissioner under an information-sharing arrangement only for monitoring compliance with this Act. (sec.53A-ssec.5) In this section— information does not include information given to the commission or a relevant agency, or to which the commission or relevant agency has access, under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001 . relevant agency means the following— the police commissioner; the chief executive of a department; a local government; a person prescribed by regulation.

• (a) held by the commission or the relevant agency; or
• (b) to which the commission or the relevant agency has access.