222AInformation sharing entities may give information to

222A Information sharing entities may give information to director-general etc (1) An information sharing entity may give protected information to the director-general or an authorised person if the entity is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the information is necessary for the exercise of the director-general’s or authorised person’s functions under Note 1 An authorised person may require a person to give the authorised person information (see s 179). Note 2 The director-general may disclose to another entity information disclosed to, or obtained by, the director-general in the exercise of a function under this Act (see s 223). (2) However, the information sharing entity must not disclose sensitive information or personal health information under this section. biosecurity-related Act means any of the following Acts: (a) the Animal Welfare Act 1992; (b) the Domestic Animals Act 2000; (c) the Environment Protection Act 1997; (d) the Fisheries Act 2000; (e) the Nature Conservation Act 2014; (f) the Stock Act 2005; (g) the Urban Forest Act 2023.

information sharing entity means any of the following: (a) an authorised officer under either of the following Acts: (i) the Animal Welfare Act 1992; (ii) the Environment Protection Act 1997; (b) an authorised person under any of the following Acts: (i) the Domestic Animals Act 2000; (ii) the Fisheries Act 2000; (iii) the Stock Act 2005; (iv) the Urban Forest Act 2023; (c) a conservation officer under the Nature Conservation Act 2014; (d) an inspector under the Animal Welfare Act 1992; (e) a director-general responsible for a biosecurity-related Act; (f) a veterinary practitioner exercising a function, or carrying out a procedure, under a biosecurity-related Act; (g) any other entity prescribed by regulation. Examples—par (f) • Animal Welfare Act 1992, s 84A, s 86 and s 86D • Domestic Animals Act 2000, s 115 personal health information—see the Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997, dictionary. protected information means information about a person that is given to, or obtained by, an information sharing entity in the exercise of the entity’s functions under a biosecurity-related Act. sensitive information—see the Information Privacy Act 2014, section 14.

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