Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

PARENTAGE ACT 2004 - SECT 30

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     information about the medical or psychiatric condition of a relevant person may be disclosed by a medical record holder under a law in force in the Territory; and

        (b)     the relevant person applies to the medical record holder for the information; and

        (c)     the medical record holder considers that the disclosure might be prejudicial to the physical or mental health or wellbeing of the relevant person.

    (2)     The medical record holder may—

        (a)     refuse to disclose the information to the relevant person personally; and

        (b)     instead disclose it (without identifying anyone other than the relevant person) to a doctor nominated by the relevant person.

    (3)     In this section:

"relevant person" means—

        (a)     the child about whom a parentage order is made; or

        (b)     a presumed parent of the child; or

        (c)     a person who was a grandparent, sibling or sibling of the parents of the child before the parentage order was made; or

        (d)     a person who is a grandparent, sibling or sibling of the parents of the child because of the parentage order; or

        (e)     a descendant of the child (including their own child).