Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:341
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 341
Character Range: 559040–560800

341  Register of coroner's reports

System Governor to maintain register with certain information
 (1) The System Governor is to maintain a register of reports that:
 (a) are received by the Department from a coroner about the death of an individual accessing funded aged care services; and
 (b) include a recommendation to the Department.
 (2) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the register must include, in relation to each report, the following information:
 (a) subject to subsection (3), the circumstances of the death of the individual;
 (b) the recommendations made to the Department;
 (c) a summary of any actions taken by the Department in response to those recommendations;
 (d) any other information prescribed by the rules.

Certain information to be de‑identified
 (3) The System Governor must take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that information included on the register in accordance with paragraph (2)(a) is de‑identified (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988).

Exceptions to information required to be included on register
 (4) If information mentioned in subsection (2) is protected information, the System Governor must not include the information on the register unless the System Governor considers that it is appropriate in all the circumstances to do so.
 (5) The System Governor must not include information mentioned in subsection (2) on the register if the System Governor is satisfied that it is not in the public interest to do so.

Other requirements for register
 (6) The register is to be maintained by electronic means.
 (7) The register is to be made available for public inspection on the internet.

Register not legislative instrument
 (8) The register is not a legislative instrument.