Queensland Numbered Acts

MEDICINES AND POISONS ACT 2019 - SECT 223

223 Requests by chief executive for information

(1) Subsection (2) applies if the chief executive considers a public sector unit has information, including confidential information, that is reasonably necessary for the chief executive to—

(a) carry out the chief executive’s functions under this Act; and

(b) urgently prevent a health risk in relation to a substance.

(2) The chief executive may, by notice, direct the head of the public sector unit to give the chief executive the information within a stated reasonable time.

(3) The head of the public sector unit must comply with the notice unless the head considers the disclosure of the information—

(a) would prejudice the investigation of a contravention, or possible contravention, of a law; or

(b) would prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or otherwise dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of a law; or

(c) would endanger a person’s life or physical safety.

(4) However, in complying with the notice, the head of the public sector unit and the chief executive must ensure—

(a) the information given to the chief executive relates only to the chief executive’s functions under this Act; and

(b) to the extent possible, the privacy of a person to whom the information relates is protected from unjustified intrusion.

(5) In this section—

"head" , of a public sector unit, means the chief executive of the unit.