New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH RECORDS AND INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2002 - SECT 17A

17A Exemption for certain translation services

The Health Privacy Principles do not apply in respect of health information collected or held by Multicultural NSW if--

(a) the information is collected or held by Multicultural NSW for the purpose only of translating the information, and

(b) all documents held by Multicultural NSW in which the information is contained are destroyed or returned to the person who submitted the information for translation when Multicultural NSW is satisfied that the documents are no longer required for the provision of the translation service, and

(c) in a case where it is necessary for the information to be given to another person in connection with the provision of the translation service, everything reasonably within the power of Multicultural NSW is done to prevent unauthorised disclosure of the information by that other person.