38Authority may refer matter for further investigation

38 Authority may refer matter for further investigation

38 Authority may refer matter for further investigation

(1) The Authority may, at any time, refer a matter relevant to an assessment of suitability to an appropriate entity for further investigation.

(2) An appropriate entity to whom a matter is referred must provide the Authority with a report setting out the findings of the investigation.

(3) In this section—

appropriate entity includes the following—

(a) the Children’s Guardian,

(b) a law enforcement agency,

(c) the employer of the person being assessed,

(d) another person, body or organisation empowered by a law of the State or of another State or Territory or the Commonwealth to take investigatory, disciplinary or other action.

ss 36–38: Rep 2014 No 68, Sch 1 [42]. Ins 2021 No 41, Sch 1[27].