Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2005 - SECT 279AO

279AO Disclosure to entity of the State or corresponding entity

(1) The chief executive may disclose confidential information to an entity of the State or a corresponding entity if the disclosure is required or permitted under an agreement—

(a) between the chief executive, or the State, and the entity; and

(b) that is prescribed by regulation.

(2) An entity of the State or a corresponding entity that receives confidential information under an agreement mentioned in subsection (1) —

(a) must not disclose the information unless the disclosure is—

(i) required or permitted under the agreement; or

(ii) permitted, in writing, by the chief executive; and

(b) must ensure the confidential information is used only for the purpose for which it was disclosed under the agreement.

(3) In this section—

"corresponding entity" means—

(a) a department of the Commonwealth or another State; or

(b) an entity established, under an Act of the Commonwealth or another State, for a public purpose.