Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH RECORDS (PRIVACY AND ACCESS) ACT 1997 (NO. 125 OF 1997) - SECT 35

35. (1) The Executive may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular, the regulations may—

        (a)     extend, by not more than 21 days, the time within which something shall or may be done for the purposes of this Act;

        (b)     make provision in respect of the retention and transfer of health records;

        (c)     prescribe qualifications to be held, or other requirements to be met, by record-keepers for the purpose of having possession or control of health records;

        (d)     prescribe forms of request in writing for the purposes of paragraph 12 (2) (d) or (3) (a); and

        (e)     prescribe penalties not exceeding—

              (i)     if the offender is a natural person—10 penalty units; or

              (ii)     if the offender is a body corporate—50 penalty units;

        for offences against the regulations.