New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL RECORDS ACT 1991 - SECT 19D

19D Persons and bodies to provide information to Secretary

(1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing, require any of the following persons or bodies to provide the Secretary with the information requested in the notice for the purposes of making a decision under section 19C--

(a) a person employed in the government sector (within the meaning of section 3 of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 ),

(b) the officer in charge of the Criminal Records Section of the NSW Police Force,

(c) a court,

(d) the Director of Public Prosecutions,

(e) any other person or body prescribed by the regulations.

(2) It is the duty of a person or body referred to in subsection (1) to comply with a notice under this section.

(3) The Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 do not apply in relation to the disclosure of personal information or health information to the extent that the information is provided under this section to the Secretary.

(4) The Secretary and any person acting under the direction of the Secretary are exempt from any requirements of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 relating to the collection, use or disclosure of personal information or health information to the extent that the information is provided under this section.