National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2018

In this section—

Operator means the Operator within the meaning of the National Redress Act;

State agency means the whole or part of a body (whether or not incorporated) established for a public purpose by or under a law of the State, whether or not it is a State institution or participating

State institution, and includes a body or class of bodies prescribed by the regulations as being within this definition, but does not include a body or class of bodies prescribed by the regulations as not being within this definition.

A participating State institution may give information to the

Operator for the purpose of complying with a request made by the Operator to the participating State institution under the National Redress Act to give information in relation to an application under the National Redress

Scheme.

A State agency may give information to another State agency for the purpose of assisting any participating State institution to comply with a request made by the Operator to the participating State institution under the

National Redress Act to give information as referred to in subsection (2).

Nothing in a law of the State prevents—

a participating State institution from giving information to the

Operator as referred to in subsection (2); or

a State agency from giving information to another State agency as referred to in subsection (3), unless that law is prescribed by the regulations under this

Act.

A reference in this section to a participating State institution is a reference to a participating State institution that is, is part of or is connected with the State.