HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 126AA
Provision or disclosure of information
HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1997 - SECT 126AA
Provision or disclosure of information
126AA Provision or disclosure of information
(1) A person who conducts or
assists in the conduct of a relevant inquiry cannot be compelled, in relation
to a document that was prepared, or a communication that was made, for the
dominant purpose of a relevant inquiry, to--
(a) produce the document or
disclose the communication to a court, tribunal, board, person or body, or
(b) disclose information that the person obtained from the document or
communication to a court, tribunal, board, person or body.
(2) A document
prepared for the dominant purpose of a relevant inquiry cannot be adduced or
admitted in proceedings, other than with the consent of the Health Secretary.
(3) This section does not prevent the Health Secretary from providing a copy
of a final report of a relevant inquiry to a person or body at the Health
Secretary's discretion.
(4) In this section--
"relevant inquiry" means an inquiry by the Health Secretary under
section 122(1)(c) or 123.
