Women’s Charter 1961 · s 59E

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—(1) Subsections (2) and (3) are subject to any express restriction imposed by or under any other written law.(2) A relevant person may disclose to a protector any information received by the person under or for the purposes of any written law, if the disclosure is to enable or assist the protector to exercise any of his or her functions under this Part.(3) A protector may disclose to a relevant person any information received by the protector under or for the purposes of this Part, if the disclosure —(a)is connected with the exercise of any of the protector’s functions under this Part; or(b)is to enable or assist that person to exercise any of that person’s functions under any written law.(4) The following are relevant persons for the purposes of this section:(a)a Government department;(b)a statutory body;(c)a police officer;(d)a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.(5) This section does not affect any other power of disclosure.
Subsections (2) and (3) are subject to any express restriction imposed by or under any other written law.
A relevant person may disclose to a protector any information received by the person under or for the purposes of any written law, if the disclosure is to enable or assist the protector to exercise any of his or her functions under this Part.
A protector may disclose to a relevant person any information received by the protector under or for the purposes of this Part, if the disclosure —(a)is connected with the exercise of any of the protector’s functions under this Part; or(b)is to enable or assist that person to exercise any of that person’s functions under any written law.
The following are relevant persons for the purposes of this section:(a)a Government department;(b)a statutory body;(c)a police officer;(d)a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.
This section does not affect any other power of disclosure.

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s 59EDisclosure of information to or by protectors

(1)

Subsections (2) and (3) are subject to any express restriction imposed by or under any other written law.

(2)

A relevant person may disclose to a protector any information received by the person under or for the purposes of any written law, if the disclosure is to enable or assist the protector to exercise any of his or her functions under this Part.

(3)

A protector may disclose to a relevant person any information received by the protector under or for the purposes of this Part, if the disclosure —

(a)

is connected with the exercise of any of the protector’s functions under this Part; or

(b)

is to enable or assist that person to exercise any of that person’s functions under any written law.

(4)

The following are relevant persons for the purposes of this section:

(a)

a Government department;

(b)

a statutory body;

(c)

a police officer;

(d)

a person falling within a prescribed class of persons.

(5)

This section does not affect any other power of disclosure.