Director-general may share information
12 Director-general may share information
The director-general may disclose information that is given to the director-general under this regulation if the information—
is disclosed to a territory authority or an agency of the Commonwealth or a state that has functions in relation to people with disabilities (the other agency); and
relates to the health, safety or wellbeing of a person with disability; and
is relevant to the functions of the other agency in relation to people with disabilities.
Note The Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997 and the Information Privacy Act 2014 set out circumstances in which personal information about a person may be disclosed.
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(see s 3)
Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.
Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:
• director-general (see s 163)
• may (see s 146)
• must (see s 146)
• territory authority.
Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Disability Services Act 1991 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Disability Services Act 1991, dict:
• specialist disability services (see s 4 (1))
• specialist disability service provider (see s 5 (1)).
standard means a standard approved by the Minister under the Act, section 5A.
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