Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:135a:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 135A (pt 4/8)
Character Range: 589901–592681

registration or licensing of practitioners or pharmacists;
 (da) the administration of a specified law of a State or Territory, being a law that provides for the registration of midwives, or the authorisation (however described) of persons to practise midwifery; or
 (db) the administration of a specified law of a State or Territory, being a law that provides for the registration of nurse practitioners, or the authorisation (however described) of persons to practise as nurse practitioners; or
 (e) the administration of a specified law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory relating to drugs or poisons; or
 (f) 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 duties, or in the exercise of powers or functions, under this Act, should be divulged, the Secretary may divulge information of that kind:
 (g) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (a)—to the Secretary of the Department of Social Security, the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997);
 (h) if the certificate specifies a purpose of the kind referred to in paragraph (b)—to the Secretary of the Veterans' Affairs Department;
 (j) if the certificate specifies a purpose in relation to a specified law of the kind referred to in paragraph (c) or (e)—to the person or persons who, under that law is, or are, responsible for the administration of that law or is, or are, empowered to investigate persons in connection with contraventions of that law;
 (k) if the certificate specifies a purpose in relation to a specified law of the kind referred to in paragraph (d)—to the person or persons who, under that law is, or are, empowered to take disciplinary action with respect to practitioners or pharmacists or to investigate practitioners or pharmacists in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (l) if the certificate specifies a purpose in relation to a specified law of the kind referred to in paragraph (da)—to the person or persons who are empowered to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to midwives; or
 (ii) investigate midwives in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (la) if the certificate specifies a purpose in relation to a specified law of the kind referred to in paragraph (db)—to the person or persons who are empowered to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to nurse practitioners; or
 (ii) investigate nurse practitioners in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (m)