Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122:section:59:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00122
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 59 (pt 6/26)
Character Range: 498458–501351

powers, of a receiving Commonwealth body—to that body for the purposes of performing those functions or exercising those powers; and
 (d) to a State or Territory for the purposes of facilitating the transition from the application of this Act in respect of *aged care services in the State or Territory to regulation by the State or Territory in respect of those aged care services; and
 (e) if the Secretary believes, on reasonable grounds, that disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious risk to the safety, health or well‑being of a care recipient—to such people as the Secretary determines, for the purpose of preventing or lessening the risk; and
 (f) if the Secretary believes, on reasonable grounds, that:
 (i) a person's conduct breaches, or may breach, the standards of professional conduct of a profession of which the person is a member; and
 (ii) the person should be reported to a body responsible for standards of conduct in the profession;
  to that body, for the purposes of maintaining standards of professional conduct in the profession; and
 (g) if a person has temporarily taken over the provision of care through a particular service to care recipients—to the person for the purposes of enabling the person properly to provide that care; and
 (h) if the Secretary believes, on reasonable grounds, that disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary for:
 (i) enforcement of the criminal law; or
 (ii) enforcement of a law imposing a pecuniary penalty; or
 (iii) protection of the public revenue;
  to an agency whose functions include that enforcement or protection, for the purposes of that enforcement or protection; and
 (i) to the Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986, for purposes connected with the provision of treatment under:
 (i) Part V of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986; or
 (ii) Chapter 6 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004; or
 (iii) the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests and British Commonwealth Occupation Force (Treatment) Act 2006; or
 (iv) the Treatment Benefits (Special Access) Act 2019; and
 (j) to a person of a kind specified in the Information Principles, for the purposes specified in the Information Principles in relation to people of that kind.
 (3) The following are not legislative instruments:
 (a) a certification under paragraph (1)(a);
 (b) a determination under paragraph (1)(a) or (e) (if the determination is in writing).
 (4) In this section:
receiving Commonwealth body means any of the following:
 (a) the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission;
 (b) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission;
 (c) the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch Transition Agency;
 (d) the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission;
 (e) the Repatriation Commission;
 (f) the Department administered by