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Health Act 1956

Management of infectious diseases - Orders - General provisions concerning orders

92ZS: Confidentiality

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"Keeping personal information secret to help manage infectious diseases"

When you get information because of an order under this Part, you must keep it secret. You can only use or share this information to help manage infectious diseases. The Privacy Act 2020 usually lets you control your own information, and this rule does not change that. You still have the right to see or share your own information under the Privacy Act 2020 or other laws.

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Part 3AManagement of infectious diseases
Orders: General provisions concerning orders

92ZSConfidentiality

  1. Despite anything in the Privacy Act 2020, information provided or obtained under an order under this Part may not be used or disclosed by anyone except for the effective management of infectious diseases, but nothing in this section limits the right of an individual to access or disclose information about him or her under that Act or any other Act.

Notes
  • Section 92ZS: inserted, on , by section 11 of the Health (Protection) Amendment Act 2016 (2016 No 35).
  • Section 92ZS: amended, on , by section 217 of the Privacy Act 2020 (2020 No 31).