Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH RECORDS (PRIVACY AND ACCESS) AMENDMENT ACT 2005 (NO 2) (NO. 63 OF 2005 ) - SECT 20

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"consumer" means an individual who uses, or has used, a health service, or in relation to whom a health record has been created, and includes—

        (a)     if the consumer is a young person or legally incompetent person—a guardian of the consumer; and

        (b)     if the consumer has died and there is a legal representative of the deceased consumer—a legal representative of the deceased consumer; and

        (c)     if the consumer has died and there is no legal representative of the deceased consumer—an immediate family member of the deceased consumer.

Note     Under s 13A an entity is taken to be the consumer for the purpose of accessing certain information if the consumer has consented to disclosure of the information to the entity.