Health Services Act 2016

In this section —

The Minister is entitled —

to have information in the possession of a health service provider; and

if the information is in or on a document, to have, and make and retain copies of, that document.

For the purposes of subsection (2), the Minister may —

request the health service provider to furnish information to the Minister; and

request the health service provider to give the Minister access to information; and

for the purposes of paragraph (b) make use of the employees in the health service provider to obtain the information and furnish it to the Minister.

The health service provider must comply with a request under subsection (3) and make employees and facilities available to the Minister for the purposes of subsection (3)(c).

This section does not entitle the Minister to have personal information unless —

disclosure of the information is required by some other written law; or

the information is about an individual who consents to the Minister having the information; or

the information is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Minister to respond to or deal with a complaint or query made by the individual; or

the information is for the purpose of enabling or assisting the Minister to —

prepare for, answer, respond to or deal with a question asked or matter raised by a member of Parliament, whether in a House of Parliament or otherwise; or

comply with a written law, or an order or resolution of a House of Parliament, that requires information to be furnished to a House of Parliament.