Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW REGULATION 2018 - REG 38

38 Miscellaneous modifications

The Privacy Act applies—

(a) as if the requirement for a payment to be made by the Commonwealth were a requirement for a payment to be made by the National Agency from the Agency Fund; and

(b) as if it were modified so that the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner’s power to authorise persons to enter premises occupied by an agency and inspect documents extends to a power to authorise any person the Commissioner considers appropriate; and

(c) as if it were modified so that the provisions of the Act relating to the any of the following do not apply—

(i) the establishment of the Privacy Advisory Committee;

(ii) emergencies and disasters, tax file numbers, credit reporting and credit providers;

(iii) making guidelines about medical research, health information and genetic information;

(iv) privacy codes;

(v) monitoring related functions;

(vi) guidance related functions (other than the functions relating to promoting an understanding and acceptance of the Australian Privacy Principles and the objects of those principles);

(vii) the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 , the Data-matching Program (Assistance and Tax) Act 1990 , the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 and the National Health Act 1953 ; and

(d) with any other modifications that are necessary.