Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 135AC

             (1)  If:

                     (a)  particular health information is disclosed to an organisation; and

                     (b)  the disclosure is authorised by or under a health law;

then the collection of the information by the organisation to whom the information is disclosed is taken to be authorised by or under law for the purposes of subparagraph 10.2(b)(i) of National Privacy Principle 10 in Schedule 3 to the Privacy Act 1988 .

             (2)  In this section:

"health law" means any of the following:

                     (a)  an Act administered by the Minister;

                     (b)  the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 .

"organisation" has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988 .