Mandatory Testing (Infectious Diseases) Act 2014

In this section —

A person who conducts an analysis of a sample under this Act must not disclose the results of the analysis to any person other than one or more of the following —

an affected public officer;

the Commissioner or any other public officer acting in the course of duty;

the suspected transferor;

if the suspected transferor is a protected person — a responsible person;

if the suspected transferor is a deceased person, the senior next of kin of the suspected transferor;

a doctor, nurse or other health professional involved in treating or providing care for an affected public officer or the suspected transferor;

a psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker providing counselling for an affected public officer or the suspected transferor;

a person to whom the disclosure is authorised or required to be made under a written law;

a prescribed person, or a person in a prescribed class of persons.

A person referred to in subsection (2) to whom information is disclosed under this section must not disclose the information except to another person referred to in subsection (2).

Subsection (3) does not apply to an affected public officer unless the disclosure is done —

by way of a public disclosure through the mass media by the affected public officer of the results of the analysis; and

in such a way as to reveal the identity of the suspected transferor.

Subsection (3) does not apply to the suspected transferor unless the disclosure is done —

by way of a public disclosure through the mass media by the suspected transferor of the results of the analysis; and

in such a way as to reveal the identity of the affected public officer.