Aged Care Act 2024
539Authorisations of System Governor and Appointed Commissioners to use or disclose information
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539 Authorisations of System Governor and Appointed Commissioners to use or disclose information
540 Authorisations of the System Governor and Appointed Commissioners to use or disclose information for certain inquiries, etc.
Subdivision C—Authorisation of System Governor for grants and quality related purposes
541 Authorisations of System Governor to use or disclose information for grants, etc.
Division 3—Limit on powers to require disclosure of protected information
542 Limit on requirements to produce documents or answer questions
Part 3—Record‑keeping
543 Retention of records by former registered provider
Part 4—Information sharing
Division 1—Publication by System Governor
544 System Governor must publish information about funded aged care services generally
545 Information that System Governor may publish about particular funded aged care services
Division 2—Publication by Commissioner
546 Information that Commissioner may publish
Part 5—Whistleblower protections
547 Disclosures qualifying for protection
548 Protections
549 Recipient to take steps to preserve anonymity
550 Confidentiality of identity of disclosers
551 Victimisation prohibited
552 Court orders
553 Registered providers’ obligations in relation to disclosers
554 Concurrent operation of State and Territory laws
Chapter 8—Miscellaneous
555 Simplified outline of this Chapter
Part 2—Reconsideration and review of decisions
Division 1—Reviewable decisions and affected entities
556 Decisions by the Commissioner or Complaints Commissioner
557 Decisions by the System Governor
558 Decisions by the Pricing Authority
Division 2—Reconsideration of reviewable decisions
559 Affected entity may request reconsideration of reviewable decision
560 Reconsideration of reviewable decision on request
561 Initiation of reconsideration by decision‑maker
562 Reconsideration of reviewable decision on initiative of decision‑maker
563 Requests for further information or documents for reconsideration on initiative of decision‑maker
564 Reconsideration decision etc.
565 Deemed reconsideration decision
Division 3—Review of reconsideration decisions
566 Review by the Administrative Review Tribunal