31Private sector person may require evidence of identity or authority

#### 31 Private sector person may require evidence of identity or authority 31 Private sector person may require evidence of identity or authority > > (1) Before a private sector person provides access to health information to a person, the private sector person must take reasonable steps to be satisfied about that person’s authority to have access to the information. > > > (2) For this purpose, the private sector person may require evidence of— > > > > > (a) the person’s identity, and > > > > > (b) if person seeking access claims to be authorised to have access to the information under section 26 (2), the authority of that person, and > > > > > (c) if the person seeking access claims to be an authorised representative of the individual to whom the information relates, the authority of that person. > > > > Note. > > > > The term authorised representative is defined in section 8.