Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025

The Director‑General may disclose relevant information to a prescribed public health entity for the purpose of assisting the entity to carry out a prescribed public health activity, if the conditions in subsections (4) and (5) are satisfied.

A designated data service provider may disclose relevant information to a prescribed public health entity for the purpose of assisting the entity to carry out a prescribed public health activity, if the Director‑General has, in writing, approved the disclosure.

The Director‑General may approve a disclosure for the purposes of subsection (2) only if the conditions in subsections (4) and (5) are satisfied.

The condition in this subsection is satisfied if the prescribed public health entity has given the Director‑General an undertaking, in writing, to use or disclose the relevant information only where the use or disclosure is either:

all of the following;

in accordance with the undertaking;

in accordance with any principles determined under subsection (6);

reasonably necessary to carry out a prescribed public health activity specified in the undertaking; or

otherwise authorised by this Part.

The condition in this subsection is satisfied if the Director‑General is satisfied that either:

the relevant information to be disclosed does not include any protected information; or

only the minimum amount of protected information necessary to assist the entity to carry out a prescribed public health activity is disclosed.

The Director‑General may, by legislative instrument, determine principles for the purposes of subparagraph (4)(a)(ii).