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Health Records (Privacy and Access) Act 1997
29Defect or invalidity—protection if person acts in good
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29 Defect or invalidity—protection if person acts in good
faith etc
If a person takes any action in respect of, or in consequence of having
received—
(a) a notice or request, made or apparently made under this Act; or
(b) a consent or authorisation, given or apparently given under this
Act;
that is void or defective, the person is not liable in respect of the action
by reason only that the notice, request, consent or authorisation was
void or defective, if the person proves that they—
(c) took the action in good faith; and
(d) did not know, and had no reason to be aware, when taking the
action, that the notice, request, consent or authorisation was void
or defective (as the case may be).