Health Act 1956

National Cervical Screening Programme - Screening programme evaluators

112ZA: Screening programme evaluator may publish non-identifiable information obtained during evaluation

You could also call this:

"People checking screening programmes can share information if it doesn't reveal who someone is."

If you are a screening programme evaluator, you can publish information you got during an evaluation, but only if it does not identify any person without their consent. You need to get consent from the NCSP manager before you publish the information, and the publication must follow any regulations made under section 112ZF(1)(f). The NCSP manager can only say no to your publication if they think it will seriously affect the NCSP's operation.

You can write academic papers or articles based on the evaluation material, as long as you follow these rules. The NCSP manager's consent is required for the publication and its timing.

The rules for publication are linked to section 112Y(1) and section 112ZF(1)(f), which have more details about what you can and cannot publish.

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Part 4ANational Cervical Screening Programme
Screening programme evaluators

112ZAScreening programme evaluator may publish non-identifiable information obtained during evaluation

  1. Despite section 112Y(1), a screening programme evaluator may publish academic papers or articles that are wholly or partly based on evaluation material obtained by the screening programme evaluator during an evaluation if—

  2. the paper or article does not contain information that could identify any individual person, without that person's consent; and
    1. the NCSP manager consents to the publication of the paper or article and to the timing of that publication; and
      1. the publication of the paper or article is in accordance with any regulations made under section 112ZF(1)(f).
        1. The NCSP manager may not withhold consent under subsection (1)(b) unless he or she believes, on reasonable grounds, that the publication of the paper or article, or the proposed timing of that publication, poses a serious risk to the effective operation of the NCSP.

        Notes
        • Section 112ZA: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Health (National Cervical Screening Programme) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 3).