Queensland Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW REGULATION 2018 - REG 8

8 Modifications relating to appointment of National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner and staff

The AIC Act applies as if it were modified—

(a) so that the following provisions of the Act do not apply—

(i) the provisions about the appointment, and the general terms and conditions of service, of information officers (other than the provisions providing for the appointment of an acting information officer); and

(ii) the provisions about the remuneration, and the leave of absence, of information officers; and

(b) to provide that the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner is appointed with the remuneration, and on the terms and conditions, decided by the Ministerial Council; and

(c) to provide that a person may be appointed to act as an information officer despite the person not holding a degree from a university, or an educational qualification of a similar standing, after studies in the field of law; and

(d) to provide that the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner may, for the purposes of performing the Commissioner’s functions or powers—

(i) employ staff in a way the Commissioner considers appropriate; and

(ii) engage contractors or consultants in a way the Commissioner considers appropriate; and

(iii) enter into arrangements with another entity relating to the provision of staff or other resources by that entity to the Commissioner; and

(iv) delegate all or any of the functions or powers to any person the Commissioner considers appropriate.