Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM ACT 2011 - SECT 220A

Scope

  (1)   This section applies if the Chair of the Pricing Authority is satisfied that particular protected Pricing Authority information that is:

  (a)   health care pricing and costing information; or

  (b)   aged care information;

will enable or assist a relevant body or person to perform or exercise any of the functions or powers of the relevant body or person.

Disclosure

  (2)   If an official of the Pricing Authority is authorised by the Chair of the Pricing Authority, in writing, for the purposes of this section, the official may disclose that particular information to the relevant body or person concerned.

  (3)   If particular information is disclosed under subsection   (2) to a relevant body or person, the relevant body or person must not disclose or use the information for a purpose other than the purpose for which the information was disclosed to the relevant body or person.

Relevant body or person

  (4)   For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a relevant body or person :

  (a)   the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare;

  (b)   the Australian Statistician.