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PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELLBEING ACT 2008 - SECT 165CB

Meaning of contact tracing information

    (1)     In this Act—

"contact tracing information" means information that forms part of a system established for contact tracing purposes in relation to a pandemic disease or a disease of pandemic potential to which a pandemic declaration relates, being information that—

        (a)     is recorded in any form, and whether true or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information; or

        (b)     is collected by a digital visitor registration system for the purposes of contact tracing, whether or not the information is about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information.

    (2)     In this Act, a system is established for contact tracing purposes , in relation to a pandemic disease or a disease of pandemic potential to which a pandemic declaration relates or related, if—

        (a)     under the system, information is or was collected, held, used, disclosed, managed and transferred by entities and individuals for the purposes of identifying, notifying or communicating with one or more other entities and individuals; and

        (b)     the identification, notification or communication referred to in paragraph (a)     is or was about one or more individuals who—

              (i)     are, or at any time may be or may have been, infected with the pandemic disease or disease of pandemic potential; or

              (ii)     had, or at any time may have or have had, direct or indirect contact with one or more individuals who are, or at any time may be or may have been, infected with that disease.

S. 165CC inserted by No. 53/2021 s. 12.



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