Public Sector (Data Sharing) Regulations 2017

For the purposes of section 7(7) of the Act—

prescribed health information may not be shared or disclosed under section 8 of the Act without the prior approval of the Minister responsible for the administration of the Health Care Act 2008; and

information disclosed to a public sector agency for the purposes of the SA NT DataLink by a person or body that is not a public sector agency may not be shared or disclosed under section 8 of the Act without the prior approval of the relevant person or body.

In this regulation—

prescribed health information means information the disclosure of which is prohibited—

under a prescribed provision; or

under the National Health

Act 2012, (whether or not the prohibition is subject to specified qualifications or exceptions);

prescribed provision—each of the following is a prescribed provision:

section 18 of the Assisted

Reproductive Treatment Act 1988;

sections 66 and 73 of the Health Care Act 2008;

regulation 26 of the Health Care

Regulations 2008;

section 216 of the Health

Practitioner Regulation National Law;

sections 99 and 100 of the South Australian Public Health

Act 2011;

section 39 of the Transplantation and Anatomy

Act 1983;

SA NT DataLink means the SA NT DataLink established and in existence in accordance with the SA NT DATA LINKAGE CONSORTIUM AGREEMENT (commenced on 1 January 2009 and as varied from time to time).