Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:130:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130 (pt 4/8)
Character Range: 797357–800211

his or her powers or functions, under this Act that concerns a matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (ba) to:
 (c) the Secretary of the Department of Social Security; or
 (ca) the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997); or
 (d) the Secretary of the Veterans' Affairs Department; or
 (e) a person or body who, under the National Law, is required or permitted to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to practitioners, optometrists, midwives or nurse practitioners; or
 (ii) investigate practitioners, optometrists, midwives or nurse practitioners in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (f) a director, secretary or employee of a private health insurer who is authorized by the Secretary or the Chief Executive Medicare, by instrument in writing, for the purposes of this subsection.
 (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) or (2), where the Minister, by instrument in writing, certifies that it is desirable for such of the following purposes as he or she specifies in the certificate, that is to say:
 (a) the administration of an Act administered by the Minister for Social Security;
 (b) the administration of an Act administered by the Veterans' Affairs Minister;
 (ba) the administration of the Migration Act 1958;
 (c) the administration of the National Law to the extent it provides for the registration of practitioners, optometrists, midwives or nurse practitioners;
 (d) the carrying on of the business of a specified private health insurer or a private health insurer included in a specified class of private health insurers;
that information of a kind referred to in the certificate, being information acquired by an officer in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her powers or functions, under this Act, should be divulged, the Secretary or the Chief Executive Medicare may divulge information of that kind:
 (e) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (a)—to the Secretary of the Department of Social Security or to the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997); or
 (f) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (b)—to the Secretary of the Veterans' Affairs Department; or
 (fa) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (ba)—to the Secretary of the Immigration Department; or
 (g) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (c)—a person or body who, under the National Law, is required or permitted to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to practitioners, optometrists, midwives or nurse practitioners; or
 (ii) investigate practitioners, optometrists,