Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 89

             (1)  A person may disclose protected information to a court or tribunal or a coronial inquiry, or in accordance with an order of a court or tribunal or a coroner, for the purposes of proceedings under:

                     (a)  this Part; or

                     (b)  the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976 ; or

                     (c)  Part 5.3 of the Criminal Code ; or

                     (d)  any other prescribed law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.

Note 1:       The National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 may apply to proceedings under this Part.

Note 2:       This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph (1)(d) of Information Privacy Principle 11 in section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988 .

             (2)  A person who obtains protected information under, or in accordance with, subsection (1) may make a record of, or disclose or otherwise use, the information for the purposes for which the information was disclosed under that subsection.

Note:          This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph (1)(d) of Information Privacy Principle 11 in section 14 of the Privacy Act 1988 .