Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009

If the government assessor has the necessary consent for obtaining medical information about an applicant for victim assistance, the government assessor may ask a designated person for medical information about the applicant.

A designated person who is asked by the government assessor to give the assessor medical information about a stated applicant for victim assistance may give the assessor the medical information.

The disclosure of medical information by a designated person under subsection (2) is authorised despite any other Act or law, including a law imposing an obligation to maintain confidentiality about the information.

Note—

See section 140 for restrictions on disclosing or giving access to information or documents obtained under this Act.

In this section—

designated person see the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, schedule 2.

medical information, about a person, means the person’s medical history so far as it is relevant to deciding the application.

necessary consent, in relation to an applicant for victim assistance, means consent of the relevant person for the applicant as mentioned in section 52(c).