Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) For the purpose of allowing a person to carry out research, the chief executive may authorise the person to have access to information relating to the administration of this Act, including information from an officer of the department or a client.
(2) The chief executive may only authorise the person to have access to the information if the chief executive is satisfied—
(a) the research is consistent with a function of the chief executive under section 7; and
(b) the information will be collected in a way that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of any of the individuals it relates to.
(3) The chief executive may contact, or authorise the person to contact, a client to ask if they would like to participate in the research being carried out by the person.
(4) The chief executive may authorise the person to use or disclose the information, or give access to the information, to someone else.
Note—
Under section 188, the person must not use, disclose or give access to the information unless it is authorised by the chief executive under this section.
(5) In this section —
client means any of the following persons—
(a) a child to whom this Act applies;
(b) a person who was a child to whom this Act applied;
(c) a member of the family of a person mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b);
(d) an approved carer under this Act.