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Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009
sec.106BObtaining information from chief executive (transport) for giving amendment notice
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### sec.106B Obtaining information from chief executive (transport) for giving amendment notice
This section applies if the scheme manager—
proposes to give a person an amendment notice for a grant of assistance; and
reasonably believes the scheme manager does not possess up-to-date information about the person’s address.
The scheme manager may, to enable the scheme manager to give the person an amendment notice, ask the chief executive (transport) for the person’s address.
The chief executive (transport) must comply with the request if the chief executive is reasonably satisfied the scheme manager reasonably requires the information to give the person an amendment notice.
The giving of information by the chief executive (transport) under subsection (3) is authorised despite any other Act or law, including a law imposing an obligation to maintain confidentiality about the information.
See section 140 for restrictions on disclosing or giving access to information or documents obtained under this Act.
If the scheme manager uses the information to give the person an amendment notice, the notice must state that the scheme manager has obtained information under this section.
s 106B ins 2017 No. 8 s 72
(sec.106B-ssec.1) This section applies if the scheme manager— proposes to give a person an amendment notice for a grant of assistance; and reasonably believes the scheme manager does not possess up-to-date information about the person’s address.
(sec.106B-ssec.2) The scheme manager may, to enable the scheme manager to give the person an amendment notice, ask the chief executive (transport) for the person’s address.
(sec.106B-ssec.3) The chief executive (transport) must comply with the request if the chief executive is reasonably satisfied the scheme manager reasonably requires the information to give the person an amendment notice.
(sec.106B-ssec.4) The giving of information by the chief executive (transport) under subsection (3) is authorised despite any other Act or law, including a law imposing an obligation to maintain confidentiality about the information. See section 140 for restrictions on disclosing or giving access to information or documents obtained under this Act.
(sec.106B-ssec.5) If the scheme manager uses the information to give the person an amendment notice, the notice must state that the scheme manager has obtained information under this section.
- (a) proposes to give a person an amendment notice for a grant of assistance; and
- (b) reasonably believes the scheme manager does not possess up-to-date information about the person’s address.