New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 126AA

126AA Provision or disclosure of information

(1) A person who conducts or assists in the conduct of a relevant inquiry cannot be compelled, in relation to a document that was prepared, or a communication that was made, for the dominant purpose of a relevant inquiry, to-

(a) produce the document or disclose the communication to a court, tribunal, board, person or body, or

(b) disclose information that the person obtained from the document or communication to a court, tribunal, board, person or body.

(2) A document prepared for the dominant purpose of a relevant inquiry cannot be adduced or admitted in proceedings, other than with the consent of the Health Secretary.

(3) This section does not prevent the Health Secretary from providing a copy of a final report of a relevant inquiry to a person or body at the Health Secretary’s discretion.

(4) In this section-

"relevant inquiry" means an inquiry by the Health Secretary under section 122(1)(c) or 123.