Commissioner and certain chief executive officers entitled to be parties to proceedings
30 Commissioner and certain chief executive officers entitled to be parties to proceedings
In this section – relevant authority means – the Commissioner; or the secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Children, Young Persons and Their Families Act 1997; or the secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Corrections Act 1997; or the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Each relevant authority is entitled to be a party to any proceedings for an order under this Division and may make submissions in opposition to, or in support of, the making of the order.
As soon as is practicable after receiving an application under this Division, the magistrate must cause the Commissioner to be notified of the application.
For the purposes of preparing submissions, a relevant authority may, by notice in writing, direct any public authority to provide to the relevant authority, on or before a day specified in the notice, any information held by the public authority that is relevant to an assessment of whether the applicant poses a risk to the lives or the sexual safety of one or more persons, or persons generally.
A public authority to which a direction under subsection (4) is given is authorised and required to provide to the relevant authority the information sought by the direction.
A public authority is not required to give information that is subject to legal professional privilege.
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