Access to police information
18Z Access to police information
The
Commissioner of Police is authorised to disclose the following information for the purpose of the use of the information in assessing and determining whether a person who engages or proposes to engage in NDIS work poses a risk of harm to persons with disability:
information relating to any matter that may cause a person to be a disqualified person or require a risk assessment of a person under this Part or a corresponding law;
information relating to the criminal history of a person;
without limiting a preceding paragraph, information relating to the circumstances of an offence or other matter disclosed under this section.
The disclosure of information under this section is limited to disclosure to any of the following:
the central assessment unit;
an interstate screening agency;
the
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission;
a law enforcement agency of the Commonwealth or another State or
Territory.
A person to whom information is disclosed under this section may disclose that information to an interstate screening agency for the purposes of the use of the information in assessing and determining whether a person who engages or proposes to engage in NDIS work poses a risk of harm to persons with disability.
Information relating to a person's criminal history may be disclosed under this section whether or not the information relates to offences that cause or may cause the person to be a disqualified person or require a risk assessment of the person under this Part or a corresponding law.
This section does not limit the persons to whom, or the circumstances in which, information relating to the criminal history, including the criminal record, of persons may be disclosed apart from this Part.
This section does not limit the powers of the Commissioner of Police to disclose relevant information as an authorised person under this
Part.
In this section—
interstate screening agency means a person or body exercising functions in the execution or administration of a corresponding law.
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