New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 27

27 Co-operation with participating jurisdictions and Commonwealth

(1) The National Agency may exercise any of its functions in co-operation with or with the assistance of a participating jurisdiction or the Commonwealth, including in co-operation with or with the assistance of any of the following--

(a) a government agency of a participating jurisdiction or of the Commonwealth;

(b) a local registration authority;

(c) a co-regulatory authority;

(d) a health complaints entity;

(e) an educational body or other body established by or under a law of a participating jurisdiction or the Commonwealth.

(2) In particular, the National Agency may--

(a) ask an entity referred to in subsection (1) for information that the Agency requires to exercise its functions under this Law; and

(b) use the information to exercise its functions under this Law.

(3) An entity referred to in subsection (1) that receives a request for information from the National Agency is authorised to give the information to the National Agency.