Queensland Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (QUEENSLAND) - SECT 213

213 Application of Commonwealth Privacy Act

(1) The Privacy 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 Privacy Act applies—

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

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

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) (b) , the regulations may—

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

(b) provide that the Privacy Act applies under subsection (1) as if an amendment to the Privacy 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—

"Privacy Act" means the Privacy Act 1988 of the Commonwealth, as in force from time to time.