Worker Screening Act 2020
135Regulator may disclose information to working with children screening units
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135 Regulator may disclose information to working with children screening units
S. 135(1) amended by No. 58/2025 s. 125(Sch. 2 item 1.178).
(1) The Regulator may disclose to a working with children screening unit any information held by the Regulator about a person who holds a WWC clearance or who has made an application for a WWC check if that information is relevant to the performance of that unit's functions or exercise of powers under a corresponding working with children law.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), information about a person who holds a WWC clearance or who has applied for a WWC check includes—
(a) that the person has made an application for a WWC check, and whether that application has been withdrawn or reinstated; and
(b) the person being given a WWC exclusion, an interim WWC exclusion or a WWC clearance; and
(c) the person's WWC clearance being suspended or revoked; and
(d) the person surrendering the person's WWC clearance.