Victorian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 41

    (1)     If a prescribed Consultative Council considers that it is in the public interest to do so, the prescribed Consultative Council may provide information obtained in the course of performing its functions under this or any other Act to—

S. 41(1)(a) substituted by No. 13/2010 s. 51(Sch. item 44.3).

        (a)     a National Board established under Part 5 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

S. 41(1)(b) substituted by No. 22/2016 s. 243.

        (b)     the Health Complaints Commissioner under the Health Complaints Act 2016 , but only for the purposes of an investigation being carried out by the Health Complaints Commissioner under section 46 of that Act;

S. 41(1)(c) amended by No. 77/2008 s. 129(Sch.  2 item 21.1).

        (c)     the State Coroner;

        (d)     a Ministerial Committee;

        (e)     the Minister;

        (f)     the Secretary;

S. 41(1)(fa) inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 90.

        (fa)     the Chief Health Officer;

S. 41(1)(fb) inserted by No. 52/2017 s. 90, amended by No. 39/2022 s. 858.

        (fb)     the chief psychiatrist appointed under section 265 of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 ;

        (g)     a protective intervener under section 181 of the Children, Youth and Families Act   2005 if the prescribed Consultative Council believes that a child is in need of protection;

        (h)     a health service;

              (i)     any person in another State, a Territory, the Commonwealth or New Zealand that the prescribed Consultative Council determines has functions corresponding to a person referred to in paragraphs (a) to (h);

        (j)     any person in another State, a Territory, the Commonwealth or New Zealand that the prescribed Consultative Council determines has functions corresponding to a Consultative Council;

        (k)     any other person or class of persons prescribed for the purposes of this section.

    (2)     In subsection (1), Ministerial Committee means a committee established by the Minister administering Part 6 of the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 the functions of which include providing advice to the Minister regarding the death of children and youth who have been the subject of reports under section 183 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 .