Motor Accident Injuries Act 2019

A licensed insurer may disclose information about an application for defined benefits or a motor accident claim to another licensed insurer if—

the other insurer is liable, or potentially liable, in relation to the application or claim; and

the injured person has given the insurer an authority to transfer personal health information to the other insurer.

Note 1 The other insurer may then require the applicant or claimant to provide an authority to disclose personal health information.

Note 2 Authority to disclose personal health information—see s 54.

A regulation may prescribe conditions in relation to the disclosure of information under this section.

In this section:

authority to transfer personal health information, for a person injured in a motor accident, means an authority—

signed by or on behalf of the injured person; and

stating that the injured person consents to the disclosure of personal health information about the injured person—

by the insurer; and

to another stated insurer; and

for transferring the injured person’s application for defined benefits or motor accident claim.