Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HEALTH SERVICES (QUALITY IMPROVEMENT) ACT 1994 - SECT 13

13 .         Continuation of protection

                If for any reason a committee ceases to be an approved quality improvement committee under section 7(1) — 

            (a)         section 9 continues to apply to the making of a record of, or divulging or communicating of, information that was acquired when the committee was an approved quality improvement committee;

            (b)         section 10 continues to apply to the competence or compellability of a person in relation to documents created when, or any matter or thing coming to that person’s notice when, the committee was an approved quality improvement committee;

            (c)         section 11 continues to apply to the admissibility of evidence that relates to a finding or recommendation made by the committee when it was an approved quality improvement committee; and

            (d)         section 12 continues to apply to any action, liability, claim or demand that arose when the committee was an approved quality improvement committee,

                as if the committee were still an approved quality improvement committee.