HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2002 - SECT 9 What constitutes "holding" information

HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2002 - SECT 9

9 What constitutes "holding" information

For the purposes of this Act, health information is
"held" by an organisation if--

(a) the organisation is in possession or control of the information (whether or not the information is contained in a document that is outside New South Wales), or

(b) the information is in the possession or control of a person employed or engaged by the organisation in the course of such employment or engagement, or

(c) in the case of a public sector agency--the information is contained in a State record in respect of which the agency is responsible under the State Records Act 1998 .