Exchange of information
47B Exchange of information
The commissioner may enter into an arrangement (an information-sharing arrangement) with the police commissioner for the purpose of sharing or exchanging information—
held by the commissioner or the police commissioner; or
to which the commissioner or the police commissioner has access.
An information-sharing arrangement may relate only to information that assists—
the commissioner perform the commissioner’s functions under this Act; or
the police commissioner perform the police commissioner’s functions.
Under an information-sharing arrangement, the commissioner and the police commissioner are, despite another Act or law, authorised to—
ask for and receive information held by the other party to the arrangement or to which the other party has access; and
disclose information to the other party.
The commissioner may use criminal intelligence given to the commissioner under an information-sharing arrangement only for monitoring compliance with this Act.
In this section—
information does not include information given to the police commissioner or commissioner, or to which the police commissioner or commissioner has access, under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.
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