Privacy Code of Practice (General) 2003

In this Part and in Schedule 3:

if the agency is a Government Department (or part of a Government Department)—an employee of the Department appointed by the Secretary of the Department, or

if the agency is the Civil and Administrative Tribunal—a member of staff of the Tribunal appointed by the President of the Tribunal.

the Department of Family and Community Services (including any office or branch of the Department or any Public Service executive agency that is related to the Department for the purposes of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013),

Juvenile Justice in the Department of Justice,

the Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

the individual’s guardian (within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987),

the individual’s attorney (within the meaning of the Powers of Attorney Act 2003),

the spouse of the individual, if the relationship between the individual and the spouse is close and continuing,

a person who has the care of the individual (within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987),

a close friend or relative of the individual (within the meaning of the Guardianship Act 1987).

the person to whom a person is legally married (including the husband or wife of a person), or

a de facto partner,

If any personal information that relates to an individual has been collected by a community care agency for any purpose related to the provision of services to the individual, that information is, for the purposes of Schedule 3, taken to have been collected also for the following purposes:

to ensure the provision of appropriate services to an individual (whether by the community care agency or another body or person),

to ascertain the appropriate priority or placement of the individual in a service,

to prevent harm to the individual or others,

to ensure compliance with the occupational health and safety laws by the agency.