Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00299:clause:1_124poc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00299
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 124POC
Character Range: 38729–40277

124POC  Disclosure of information—child protection officer of Northern Territory
 (1) Despite any law (whether written or unwritten) in force in the Northern Territory, a child protection officer of the Northern Territory may give the Secretary information about a person if:
 (a) either:
 (i) the person is a program participant under subsection 124PGE(2); or
 (ii) the child protection officer is considering whether to give a notice of the kind referred to in paragraph 124PGE(2)(d) 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 as mentioned in subsection (1), the Secretary may disclose information about the person to a child protection officer of the Northern Territory for the purposes of the performance of the functions and duties, or the exercise of the powers, of the child protection officer in relation to the care, protection or welfare of children.
 (3) If:
 (a) a person ceases to be a program participant under subsection 124PGE(2) because of the cancellation of a category P welfare payment of the person or the person's partner; and
 (b) immediately before the cancellation, the relevant notice referred to in paragraph 124PGE(2)(d) had not been withdrawn or revoked; and
 (c) the notice was given by a child protection officer of the Northern Territory;
then, as soon as practicable after the cancellation, the Secretary must give a child protection officer of the Northern Territory written notice of the cancellation.