Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458:section:123sta
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00458
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 123STA
Character Range: 533808–535245

123STA  Disclosure of information—child protection
 (1) Despite any law (whether written or unwritten) in force in a State or Territory, a child protection officer of a State or Territory may give the Secretary information about a person if:
 (a) either:
 (i) the person is subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCA; or
 (ii) the child protection officer is considering whether to give a notice of the kind referred to in paragraph 123SCA(1)(b) in relation to the person; and
 (b) the disclosed information is relevant to the operation of this Part.
 (2) If information about a person is disclosed by a child protection officer of a State or Territory as mentioned in subsection (1), the Secretary may disclose information about the person to a child protection officer of the State or Territory for the purposes of the operation of this Part.
 (3) If:
 (a) a person ceases to be subject to the enhanced income management regime under section 123SCA because of the cancellation of a category A welfare payment of the person or the person's partner; and
 (b) immediately before the cancellation, the notice referred to in paragraph 123SCA(1)(b), that was given to the person by a child protection officer of a State or Territory, is in force;
then, as soon as practicable after the cancellation, the Secretary must give a child protection officer of the State or Territory written notice of the cancellation.