212AApplication of Commonwealth AIC Act

212A Application of Commonwealth AIC Act

212A Application of Commonwealth AIC Act

(1) The AIC Act applies as a law of a participating jurisdiction for the purposes of the national registration and accreditation scheme.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the AIC Act applies—

(a) as if a reference to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner were a reference to the Office of the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner; and

(b) as if a reference to the Information Commissioner were a reference to the National Health Practitioner Privacy Commissioner; and

(c) with any other modifications made by the regulations.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(c), the regulations may—

(a) provide that the AIC Act applies under subsection (1) as if a provision of the AIC Act specified in the regulations were omitted; or

(b) provide that the AIC Act applies under subsection (1) as if an amendment to the AIC Act made by a law of the Commonwealth, and specified in the regulations, had not taken effect; or

(c) confer jurisdiction on a tribunal or court of a participating jurisdiction.

(4) In this section—
AIC Act means the Australian Information Commissioner Act 2010 of the Commonwealth, as in force from time to time.

pt 10, div 1A (s 212A): Ins 2017 No 32, sec 40.