PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165BZ Procedures before variation or revocation of a pandemic information determination

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165BZ

    (1)     Before revoking a pandemic information determination, the Information Commissioner must give the Minister written notice stating—

        (a)     that the Information Commissioner intends to vary or revoke the determination; and

        (b)     the reasons for the intended variation or revocation; and

        (c)     that the Minister may make a submission as to why the determination should not be varied or revoked.

    (2)     The Information Commissioner must consider any submission received under subsection (1)(c) within the period stated in the notice before revoking the pandemic information determination.

    (3)     The Information Commissioner must consult the Health Complaints Commissioner before varying or revoking a pandemic information determination that relates to a Health Privacy Principle.

    (4)         The Health Complaints Commissioner may comment in writing on an instrument varying or revoking a pandemic information determination that relates to a Health Privacy Principle.

    (5)     An instrument varying or revoking a pandemic information determination must include a statement of reasons for the variation or revocation.

S. 165C inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 12.