Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:130:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130 (pt 5/8)
Character Range: 799930–802633

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, midwives or nurse practitioners in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (h) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (d)—to a director, secretary or employee of each private health insurer to which the certificate relates, being a director, secretary or employee who is authorized by the Secretary or the Chief Executive Medicare, by instrument in writing, for the purposes of this subsection.
 (8) Information relating to the rendering of a professional service shall not be divulged in pursuance of subsection (6) or (7) in a manner that is likely to enable the identification of the person to whom that service was rendered unless:
 (a) the person to whom that service was rendered is a person referred to in paragraph (6)(a), (b) or (ba); or
 (b) the Minister certifies that he or she has reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person to whom that service was rendered has committed, or is committing, an offence of the kind referred to in subparagraph (6)(a)(i) or (ii) or a contravention of a civil penalty provision referred to in paragraph (6)(ba).
 (9) A person to whom information is divulged under subsection (6) or (7) and any person or employee under the control of the first‑mentioned person shall not, directly or indirectly, except:
 (a) in the case of the Secretary of the Department of Social Security or a person or employee under the control of the Secretary of the Department of Social Security—in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her powers or functions, under an Act administered by the Minister for Social Security; or
 (aa) in the case of the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997)—in the performance of powers or functions under an Act administered by the Minister for Social Security; or
 (b) in the case of the Secretary of the Veterans' Affairs Department or a person or employee under the control of the Secretary—in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her powers or functions, under an Act administered by the Veterans' Affairs Minister; or
 (ba) in the case of the Secretary of the Immigration Department or a person or employee under the control of the Secretary—in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her powers or functions, under the Migration Act