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NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 20

Authorisation to use information for purposes of proceedings

  (1)   A person who obtains protected information for a permissible purpose may disclose the information:

  (a)   to a court or tribunal, or in accordance with an order of a court or tribunal, for the purposes of proceedings; or

  (b)   to a coronial inquiry, or in accordance with an order of a coroner, for the purposes of a coronial inquiry.

Note 1:   The National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 may apply to proceedings under this Part.

Note 2:   This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph   6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle   6.

  (2)   A person who obtains protected information under, or in accordance with, subsection   (1) may make a record of, or disclose or otherwise use, the information for the purposes for which the information was disclosed under that subsection.

Note:   This subsection constitutes an authorisation for the purposes of other laws, such as paragraph   6.2(b) of Australian Privacy Principle   6.


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