Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 89

  (1)   A person may disclose protected information to a court or tribunal or a coronial inquiry, or in accordance with an order of a court or tribunal or a coroner, for the purposes of proceedings under:

  (a)   this Part; or

  (b)   the Crimes (Biological Weapons) Act 1976 ; or

  (c)   Part   5.3 or 5.5 of the Criminal Code ; or

  (d)   any other prescribed law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.

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.