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Authorisation to use information for purposes of proceedings

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Part 2Public health surveillance
Division 8Confidentiality of information

20 Authorisation to use information for purposes of proceedings

(1)

A person who obtains protected information for a permissible purpose may disclose the information:

(a)

to a court or tribunal, or in accordance with an order of a court or tribunal, for the purposes of proceedings; or

(b)

to a coronial inquiry, or in accordance with an order of a coroner, for the purposes of a coronial inquiry.

Note 1:

The National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 may apply to proceedings under this Part.

Note 2:

This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.

(2)

A person who obtains protected information under, or in accordance with, subsection (1) may make a record of, or disclose or otherwise use, the information for the purposes for which the information was disclosed under that subsection.

Note:

This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph 6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle 6.

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