Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The CEO may
appoint a person or body to evaluate the operations carried out under this Act
and to report to the CEO on them as often as is required by the CEO.
(2) The CEO must give
a copy of each report to the Minister and may publish each report (to the
extent to which it does not reveal the identity of the individuals to whom it
relates).
(3) For the purposes
of this section, an authorised officer, or an officer of an information
sharing agency who is authorised under subsection (4), may, in accordance
with the guidelines, disclose relevant information to a person or body
appointed under subsection (1) other than information in a form that
would reveal the identity of the individuals to whom it relates.
(4) An officer of an
information sharing agency may be authorised for the purposes of this section
by the chief executive officer or chief employee of the officer’s
information sharing agency.
(5) If information is
disclosed in good faith under subsection (3) —
(a) no
civil or criminal liability is incurred in respect of the disclosure;
(b) the
disclosure is not to be regarded as a breach of any duty of confidentiality or
secrecy imposed by law; and
(c) the
disclosure is not to be regarded as a breach of professional ethics or
standards or as unprofessional conduct.
(6) The CEO must issue
guidelines as to the disclosure of information under subsection (3).
(7) In this
section —
CEO means the chief executive officer of the
department principally assisting in the administration of this Act;
chief employee has the meaning given to that term
in section 3(1) of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 ;
guidelines means guidelines issued under
subsection (6).