Health Care Act 2008

This section applies to—

a person who is, or has been, an authorised person; or

a person—

who provides, or has provided, technical, administrative or secretarial assistance to an authorised person or in connection with an authorised activity; or

who receives or gathers information on behalf of an authorised person in connection with an authorised activity.

A person to whom this section applies must not—

make a record of information gained as a result of, or in connection with, an authorised activity; or

make use of or disclose information gained as a result of, or in connection with, an authorised activity, except—

to the extent necessary for the proper performance of the authorised activity; or

in pursuance of any reporting requirements of a prescribed kind to a governing body of an entity; or

as

to the extent allowed by the regulations.

Without limiting subsection (2), a person to whom this section applies cannot be required—

to produce to a court, agency or other body any document that has been brought into existence for the purposes of an authorised activity;

to disclose to a court, agency or other body any information that has become known for the purposes of an authorised activity.

Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to any information or document that does not identify, either expressly or by implication, a particular person or particular persons.

This section does not prohibit a disclosure of information if the person, or each of the persons, who would be directly or indirectly identified by the disclosure consents to that disclosure of the information.