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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.297AMaking information available for Child Protection Act 1999
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### sec.297A Making information available for Child Protection Act 1999
The chief executive may, under arrangements made with the chief executive (child safety), make information, including confidential information, relating to a person, gained in the administration of this Act, available to officers of the department (child safety) for the purposes of the Child Protection Act 1999 .
However, subsection (1) does not apply to information about the identity of a detention centre employee who makes a report to the chief executive under section 268 .
In this section—
chief executive (child safety) means the chief executive of the department (child safety).
department (child safety) means the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered.
The Child Protection Act 1999 , chapter 6 , part 6 , restricts the use or disclosure of stated information and access to stated documents.
s 297A ins 2007 No. 38 s 147
(sec.297A-ssec.1) The chief executive may, under arrangements made with the chief executive (child safety), make information, including confidential information, relating to a person, gained in the administration of this Act, available to officers of the department (child safety) for the purposes of the Child Protection Act 1999 .
(sec.297A-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to information about the identity of a detention centre employee who makes a report to the chief executive under section 268 .
(sec.297A-ssec.3) In this section— chief executive (child safety) means the chief executive of the department (child safety). department (child safety) means the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered. The Child Protection Act 1999 , chapter 6 , part 6 , restricts the use or disclosure of stated information and access to stated documents.