36Exchange of information

36 Exchange of information

36 Exchange of information

(1) The Commissioner may enter into an arrangement (an information sharing arrangement) with a relevant agency for the purposes of sharing or exchanging any information that is held by the Commissioner or the agency.

(2) The information to which an information sharing arrangement may relate is limited to information that assists in the exercise of the functions of the Commissioner under this Act or the regulations or of the relevant agency concerned.

(3) Under an information sharing arrangement, the Commissioner and the relevant agency are, despite any other Act or law of the State, authorised—

(a) to request and receive information that is held by the other party to the arrangement, and

(b) to disclose that information to the other party.

(4) In this section—

relevant agency means any of the following—

(a) (Repealed)

(b) any Public Service agency within the meaning of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013,

(c) Transport for NSW,

(d) any local council,

(e) any other person or body prescribed by the regulations.

s 36: Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.50 [3]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.108; 2022 No 10, Sch 1[3] [58] [59].