Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The director-general must give protected information to the chief police officer if a matter has been referred to the chief police officer under section 360 (4) (c).
(2) The director-general may otherwise give protected information to the chief police officer if satisfied that the information is materially relevant to an investigation a police officer is carrying out.
Note The director-general must regard the best interests of the child or young person as the paramount consideration or if a decision does not relate to a particular child or young person, the director-general must consider the best interests of children and young people (see s 8).
(3) Section 867 (Investigative entity may divulge protected information etc) applies to the chief police officer in relation to protected information provided to the chief police officer under this section.