Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Health Act 1958 - SECT 24A

Disclosure of information by consultative councils

24A. Disclosure of information by consultative councils



(1) A person who is or has been a member, officer or employee of a prescribed
consultative council must not, without-

   (a)  the consent of the person from whom the information was obtained; and

   (b)  the approval of the Minister-

disclose to any other person any information obtained in the course of or in
connexion with membership of, or employment by, the consultative council.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this or any other Act, a
person who has obtained information in the course of, or in connexion with,
membership of, or employment by, a prescribed consultative council is neither
competent nor compellable in any proceedings to answer any question or produce
any document relating to any such information except with the approval of the
Minister.

(2A) Subsection (2) has effect despite anything to the contrary in section 12
of the Audit Act 1994.





(3) Nothing in this section prevents a prescribed consultative council from
including information in any document that does not contain any particulars
which would lead to the identification of a person from whom or in relation to
whom the information was obtained.

Officers &c.