Queensland Consolidated Acts

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 - SECT 48C

48C Registrar may enter into arrangement with health ombudsman

(1) The registrar may enter into an arrangement with the health ombudsman about providing to the health ombudsman information from a register or a source document, or providing to the health ombudsman a copy of a source document, about the death of a person to which an investigation under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 may be relevant.

(2) The registrar may provide information or a copy of a source document to the health ombudsman under the arrangement.

(3) The registrar and the health ombudsman must, as far as practicable, protect the person to whom the information or source document relates from unjustified intrusion on the person’s privacy.

(4) If the registrar enters into an arrangement with the health ombudsman, the registrar may charge a fee for the service that is not more than the actual cost of providing the service.

(5) This section applies despite sections 44 to 46 and 48 .

(6) In this section—

"health ombudsman" means the health ombudsman under the Health Ombudsman Act 2013 .