39Information to be provided by Ombudsman

#### 39 Information to be provided by Ombudsman 39 Information to be provided by Ombudsman > > (1) The Ombudsman may provide to the Children’s Guardian, the Advocate, the Child Death Review Team, an advisory committee established under this Part or a public authority or service provider that has a relevant interest, information or copies of documents, obtained by the Ombudsman under this Part, if the Ombudsman thinks it appropriate to do so. > > > (2) The Ombudsman may provide to a person any information or copies of documents obtained by the Ombudsman under this Part to facilitate research that is undertaken for the purpose of helping to prevent or reduce the likelihood of reviewable deaths in New South Wales, if the Ombudsman thinks it appropriate to do so. > > > (3) The Ombudsman must not provide any personal information (within the meaning of the [Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133)) to a person under subsection (2) unless— > > > > > (a) the person is a public sector agency under that Act, or > > > > > (b) the person agrees to deal with the information in accordance with the information protection principles set out in sections 12, 17, 18 and 19 of the [Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133) as those principles would apply if the person were a public sector agency. > > > > Note. > > > > The [Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1998-133) requires public sector agencies to deal with personal information in accordance with the information protection principles set out in that Act. > > > > In addition, the [Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-071) requires any public sector agency or private sector person that collects, holds or uses health information to comply with the health privacy principles provided for by that Act. > > **s 39:** Ins 2002 No 42, Sch 1 \[30\]. Am 2014 No 20, Sch 1 \[22\]; 2014 No 29, Sch 4.2 \[3\].