Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 22

    Section   21 does not apply if:

  (a)   a person obtains protected information for a permissible purpose; and

  (b)   the person makes a record of, or discloses or otherwise uses, the information in good faith:

  (i)   in performing, or purportedly performing, his or her functions or duties under this Part on behalf of a responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory body; or

  (ii)   in exercising, or purportedly exercising, his or her powers under this Part on behalf of a responsible Commonwealth, State or Territory body.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this section: see subsection   13.3(3) of the Criminal Code .