New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 212A

212A Application of Commonwealth AIC Act

(1) The AIC Act applies as a law of a participating jurisdiction for the purposes of the national registration and accreditation scheme.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the AIC Act applies--

(a) as if a reference to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner were a reference to the Office of the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner; and

(b) as if a reference to the Information Commissioner were a reference to the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner; and

(c) with any other modifications made by the regulations.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(c), the regulations may--

(a) provide that the AIC Act applies under subsection (1) as if a provision of the AIC Act specified in the regulations were omitted; or

(b) provide that the AIC Act applies under subsection (1) as if an amendment to the AIC Act made by a law of the Commonwealth, and specified in the regulations, had not taken effect; or

(c) confer jurisdiction on a tribunal or court of a participating jurisdiction.

(4) In this section--

"AIC Act" means the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 of the Commonwealth, as in force from time to time.