National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013

A person may:

make a record of protected Agency information; or

disclose such information to any person; or

otherwise use such information;

the making of the record, or the disclosure or use of the information, by the person is made:

for the purposes of this Act; or

for the purpose for which the information was disclosed to the person under section 66; or

with the express or implied consent of the person to whom the information relates; or

the person believes on reasonable grounds that the making of the record, or the disclosure or use of the information, by the person is for the purpose of, or in relation to, preventing or lessening a threat (whether current or future) to an individual’s life, health or safety; or

the person believes on reasonable grounds that the making of the record, or the disclosure or use of the information, by the person is for the purpose of, or in relation to, reporting a past threat to an individual’s life, health or safety.

Without limiting subsection (2), the recording, disclosure or use of information by a person is taken to be for the purposes of this Act if the CEO believes, on reasonable grounds, that it is reasonably necessary for one or more of the following purposes:

research into matters relevant to the National Disability Insurance Scheme;

actuarial analysis of matters relevant to the National Disability Insurance Scheme;

policy development.

The CEO or an Agency officer may disclose protected Agency information to the Commissioner or a Commission officer if the disclosure is for, or in connection with, the performance of the Commissioner’s functions or the exercise of the Commissioner’s powers.