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DENTAL BENEFITS ACT 2008 (NO. 41, 2008) - SECT 41 Authorised disclosure--administration of this Act

DENTAL BENEFITS ACT 2008 (NO. 41, 2008) - SECT 41

Authorised disclosure--administration of this Act

             (1)  For the purposes of subsection 34(4), a person may disclose protected information to:

                     (a)  the Medicare Australia CEO or an employee of Medicare Australia; or

                     (b)  the Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink or an employee of Centrelink; or

                     (c)  the Minister who administers:

                              (i)  this Act; or

                             (ii)  the Medicare Australia Act 1973 ; or

                            (iii)  the Social Security Act 1991 in so far as that Act relates to youth allowance; or

                            (iv)  the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999 in so far as that Act relates to family tax benefit; or

                             (v)  the ABSTUDY scheme; or

                     (d)  the Secretary of, or an APS employee in, the Department administered by a Minister mentioned in paragraph (c);

if the disclosure is for the purposes of administering this Act.

Note:          For the definition of APS employee , see section 17AA of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .

             (2)  In this section:

"Centrelink" means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency.

"employee of Centrelink" means an employee within the meaning of the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 .

"family tax benefit" has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.