Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00006:reg:18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L00006
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 18
Character Range: 14728–16552

18  Accuracy, completeness and currency of personal information

Reasonable steps
 (1) The Chief Executive Medicare must take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information that is matched by the Chief Executive Medicare under subsection 132B(1) of the Act is accurate, complete and up to date.
 (2) An authorised Commonwealth entity must take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information that is matched by the Commonwealth entity under subsection 132B(1) of the Act is accurate, complete and up to date.

Quality assurance checks
 (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the steps must include the carrying out of quality assurance checks.

Advising Commonwealth entities about information that is not accurate, complete and up to date
 (4) Subsection (5) applies if the Chief Executive Medicare or an authorised Commonwealth entity becomes aware that personal information that was obtained by the Chief Executive Medicare from, or disclosed or provided to the Chief Executive Medicare by, a Commonwealth entity for the purpose of facilitating the matching of that information under subsection 132B(1) of the Act is not accurate, complete and up to date.
 (5) The Chief Executive Medicare or the authorised Commonwealth entity must tell the Commonwealth entity in writing that the information is not accurate, complete and up to date.

Corrections
 (6) If:
 (a) information matched by the Chief Executive Medicare or an authorised Commonwealth entity under subsection 132B(1) of the Act is personal information about an individual; and
 (b) the individual requests the Chief Executive Medicare to correct the information;
the Chief Executive Medicare must take such steps (if any) as are reasonable in the circumstances to correct the information.

Part 7—Decisions about matching of information