Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953 - SECT 135AB

             (1)  A breach of the guidelines issued under section 135AA constitutes an act or practice involving interference with the privacy of an individual for the purposes of section 13 of the Privacy Act 1988 .

             (2)  An individual may complain to the Privacy Commissioner about an act or practice in relation to the operation of guidelines issued under section 135AA of this Act which may be an interference with the privacy of an individual.

             (3)  If a complaint is made, Part V of the Privacy Act 1988 applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, as if the complaint were an IPP complaint (within the meaning of that Act) made under section 36 of that Act.