Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156:section:130:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00156
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 130 (pt 3/8)
Character Range: 794849–797587

the Department.
 (5E) This section does not prohibit the Chief Executive Medicare, or a Departmental employee (within the meaning of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973), from providing to:
 (a) the Director of Professional Services Review appointed under section 83; or
 (aa) an Associate Director of Professional Services Review appointed under section 83A; or
 (b) a Committee set up under section 93; or
 (c) the Determining Authority established by section 106Q; or
 (d) any person providing services to any of the above;
information to help the Director, Associate Director, Committee or Authority in the performance of functions or duties, or the exercise of powers, under Part VAA, or to assist a person referred to in paragraph (d) in the provision of services referred to in that paragraph.
 (5F) In subsection (5E):
services means:
 (a) clerical or administrative services; and
 (b) investigative services; and
 (c) advisory services provided by a practitioner; and
 (d) legal services.
 (5G) This section does not prohibit a person from providing information for inclusion in the register kept under Part 2 of the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015.
 (5H) This section does not prohibit a person from providing information for inclusion in the register kept under Part 2 of the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016.
 (5J) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding provisions of this section, a person may divulge information to a Commonwealth entity for the purpose of facilitating the matching of that information by the Commonwealth entity under subsection 132B(1) of the National Health Act 1953.
 (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsections (1) and (2), where:
 (a) a person has been convicted of:
 (i) an offence against Division 3 of Part IIBA or section 128A, 128B or 129AA of this Act; or
 (ii) an offence against section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914, or section 11.1, 11.4 or 11.5 of the Criminal Code, that relates to an offence referred to in subparagraph (i); or
 (b) an order has been made in relation to a person under section 19B of the Crimes Act 1914 in relation to an offence referred to in subparagraph (a)(i) or (ii); or
 (ba) a pecuniary penalty order has been made against a person in respect of a contravention of a civil penalty provision in Division 2 of Part IIBA of this Act;
the Secretary or the Chief Executive Medicare may divulge any information acquired by an officer in the performance of his or her duties, or in the exercise of his or her powers or functions, under this Act that concerns a matter referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (ba) to:
 (c) the Secretary of the Department of Social Security; or
 (ca) the Chief Executive Centrelink or a Departmental