PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) ACT 2007

PART 6 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHAPTER 6 OF THE NEW ACT  

Division 5 - Disclosure of information  

SECTION 54  

54   TRANSITIONAL PROVISION RELATING TO SECRECY OBLIGATIONS  
Despite subsection 135A(1) of the National Health Act 1953 , a person who has duties, functions or powers under the new Act may disclose information to which that section applies if the disclosure is:


(a) in the course of performing a duty or function, or exercising a power, under the new Act; or


(b) one that the person would have been able to make under Division 323 of the new Act, had the information been obtained in the course of performing a duty or function, or exercising a power, under the new Act.


 

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