Sharing of information with coronial database
102A Sharing of information with coronial database
The Minister may, on behalf of the State, enter into an arrangement (a coronial information sharing arrangement) with a person or body that is responsible for the creation or maintenance of a database under which specified NSW coronial information can be provided and included in that database if the Minister is satisfied that—
the person or body has a legitimate interest in storing the information in the database, and
the person or body will make the information available only to persons with a legitimate interest in obtaining it, and
the conditions for making the information available to database users are reasonable.
NSW coronial information may be provided in accordance with a coronial information sharing arrangement despite any prohibition in, or the need to comply with any requirement of, any Act or law (in particular, the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 and the Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002).
In this section—
NSW coronial information means information obtained in the exercise of functions under this Act.
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