Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:124w
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 124W
Character Range: 657491–660229

124W  Interpretation
 (1) In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
authority, in relation to the disclosure of information, means an authority given by the Minister under section 124Z that is in force when the disclosure takes place.
court includes a tribunal, authority or person having power to require the production of documents or the answering of questions.
declared quality assurance activity means a quality assurance activity in respect of which a declaration by the Minister under section 124X is in force when the activity is engaged in.
disclose, in relation to information, means give, reveal, or communicate in any way.
health service includes any administrative or other service related to a health service.
person, except in the reference to another person in section 124ZB, includes a committee or other body of persons, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and includes a member of such a committee or other body.
produce includes permit access to.
quality, in relation to health services provided by a person, includes the practices of the person in providing the services or the competence of the person to provide the services.
quality assurance activity means:
 (a) an assessment or evaluation of the quality, or a study of the incidence or causes of conditions or circumstances that may affect the quality, of health services provided by a person, whether before or after the commencement of this Part, being:
 (i) services in respect of which payments were made, or that are or would be eligible for payments, under Part II or IV; or
 (ii) services relating to the prescribing of pharmaceutical products in respect of which payments were made, or that are or would be eligible for payments, under Division 3 of Part VII of the National Health Act 1953; or
 (iii) services in respect of which payments were made, or that are or would be eligible for payments, under Part 3A of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; or
 (b) the making of a recommendation about the provision of those services as a result of such an assessment, evaluation or study; or
 (c) the monitoring of the implementation of such a recommendation.
serious offence means an offence punishable by imprisonment for a period of more than one year.
 (2) For the purposes of this Part:
 (a) information about a matter is not taken to have become known merely because of the existence or dissemination of suspicions, allegations or rumours about that matter; and
 (b) information may be taken to have become known solely as a result of a declared quality assurance activity even though it was previously known to a person whose actions have been or are being investigated by the persons engaging in the quality assurance activity.