STATE RECORDS ACT 2000 - SECT 49

STATE RECORDS ACT 2000 - SECT 49

49 .         Medical etc. information, limited access to

        (1)         A person is not entitled under section 45(3), 47(2) or 48(5) to have access to a State archive that contains information about another person’s medical condition or about another person’s disability (as defined in the Disability Services Act 1993 ) unless —

            (a)         the other person has consented to the person being given access; or

            (b)         that information is in a form that does not —

                  (i)         disclose the identity of the other person; or

                  (ii)         enable the identity of the other person to be ascertained.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to a State archive that is at least 100 years old.