Section 123STA — Social Security (Administration) Act 1999: 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.