Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH RECORDS (PRIVACY AND ACCESS) ACT 1997 (NO. 125 OF 1997) - SECT 8

8. (1) A health service provider may allow a consumer to have access otherwise than in accordance with this Part to a health record relating to the consumer.

(2) Subsection (1) applies—

        (a)     subject to any prohibition, under section 15 or 17, on giving access to a health record; and

        (b)     except as stated in paragraph (a)—despite any other provision of this Part.