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HEALTH (CERVICAL SCREENING REGISTER) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 7

7 .         Disclosure of information on the Register

        (1)         A person must not disclose information on the Register other than — 

            (a)         with the written consent of any woman to whom the information relates; or

        [(b)         deleted]

            (c)         for the purposes of regulation 6; or

            (ca)         for the purpose of including the information in the National Cancer Screening Register established under the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 (Commonwealth) section 9; or

            (d)         in accordance with an authorisation under subregulation (1a).

        (1a)         The CEO may authorise the disclosure of information on the Register to the person in charge of a corresponding register if —

            (a)         the woman to whom the information relates resides in the State or Territory in which the corresponding register is established; and

            (b)         the CEO is satisfied that the information is to be used solely for a purpose that is the same or substantially similar to a purpose described in regulation 6(1)(a) or (b).

        (2)         A person who contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence.

        [Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 21 Feb 2006 p. 832; 15 Dec 2006 p. 5623; 2 Oct 2007 p. 4964; 23 May 2014 p. 1634; 10 Apr 2018 p. 1248.]

[ 8, 9.         Deleted: Gazette 10 Apr 2018 p. 1248.]



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