Health Practitioners Tribunal Act 2010

This section applies to any person who – is or has been a member of the Tribunal; or is or has been a State Service officer, or a State Service employee, who is engaged to provide services to the Tribunal.

Except as permitted by this section, a person to whom this section applies must not directly or indirectly make a record of, or disclose to any person, any information about the affairs of a person acquired in the performance of functions under or in connection with this Act, the National Law or a referring Act. Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

A person to whom this section applies may record or disclose information referred to in subsection (2) – with the written consent of the person to whom the information relates; or in connection with the performance of functions under this Act, the National Law or a referring Act.

A person to whom this section applies may disclose any information referred to in subsection (2) to a member of the police force for the purposes of reporting a suspected offence or assisting in the investigation of a suspected offence.

Nothing in this section applies to the recording or disclosure of – information that consists of anything said or done at a hearing of the Tribunal, except if an order is made under section 30(2)(b) in relation to the information; or any decision or order of the Tribunal or the reasons for any such decision or order.