215Application of Commonwealth FOI Act

215 Application of Commonwealth FOI Act

215 Application of Commonwealth FOI Act

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

(b) provide that the FOI Act applies under subsection (1) as if an amendment to the FOI 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—

FOI Act means the Freedom of Information Act 1982 of the Commonwealth, as in force from time to time.

s 215: Am 2017 No 32, sec 42.