Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104:section:538
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024A00104
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 538
Character Range: 748954–750375

538  Authorisations to use or disclose information—entrusted persons

Disclosure to Minister
 (1) An entrusted person may disclose relevant information to the Minister for the purposes of the Minister's performance of the Minister's functions.
 (2) Subsection (1) does not authorise disclosure of personal information if the purposes mentioned in that subsection can be achieved by the disclosure of information that has been de‑identified (within the meaning of the Privacy Act 1988).

Use or disclosure for obtaining legal advice or service
 (3) An entrusted person may use or disclose relevant information for the purposes of providing or obtaining legal advice or another legal service.

Use or disclosure for provision of services to an individual
 (4) An entrusted person may use or disclose, for any of the following purposes, relevant information relating to an individual accessing, or seeking to access, funded aged care services:
 (a) delivery of funded aged care services or other community, health or social services to the individual;
 (b) assessing the individual's needs for funded aged care services or other community, health or social services;
 (c) if the individual is accessing funded aged care services—assessing the level of care the individual needs, relative to the needs of other individuals accessing such services.

Subdivision B—Authorisation of System Governor and Appointed Commissioners