Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017

Each relevant agency of the State is under a duty to co-operate with other relevant agencies in the exercise of the functions of the agency that are concerned with risk assessment and management of eligible offenders who could be subject to this Act (high risk terrorism offender functions).

The duty to co-operate includes the following duties—

the duty to disclose information to another relevant agency that is likely to be of assistance to the other agency in the exercise of its high risk terrorism offender functions,

the duty to provide reasonable assistance and support to another relevant agency in connection with the exercise by the other relevant agency of its high risk terrorism offender functions,

the duty to co-operate in connection with the exercise of the functions of the HRO Assessment Committee.

Co-operation between relevant agencies in the exercise of high risk terrorism offender functions can include (but is not limited to) any of the following—

the development of multi-agency management plans for high risk offenders,

providing assistance and support to high risk offenders through joint programs.

Any duty to disclose information under this section is subject to the requirements of any applicable co-operative protocols under section 65 concerning disclosure or non-disclosure of information that is terrorism intelligence.