Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Regulation 2018

The Privacy Act applies—

as if the requirement for a payment to be made by the Commonwealth were a requirement for a payment to be made by the National Agency from the Agency Fund; and

as if it were modified so that the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner’s power to authorise persons to enter premises occupied by an agency and inspect documents extends to a power to authorise any person the Commissioner considers appropriate; and

as if it were modified so that the provisions of the Act relating to the any of the following do not apply—

the establishment of the Privacy Advisory Committee;

emergencies and disasters, tax file numbers, credit reporting and credit providers;

making guidelines about medical research, health information and genetic information;

Part 7 Miscellaneous

privacy codes;

monitoring related functions;

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guidance related functions (other than the functions relating to promoting an understanding and acceptance of the Australian Privacy Principles and the objects of those principles);

the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990, the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 and the National Health Act 1953; and

with any other modifications that are necessary.