Medicines and Poisons Act 2019
sec.210Health assessment not admissible
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sec.210 Health assessment not admissible
This section applies to a report about a person’s health assessment done by a medical practitioner under section 90 . The report is not admissible as evidence in a legal proceeding, other than a review proceeding relating to the report. A person can not be compelled to produce the report, or to give evidence about the report or its contents, in a proceeding, other than a review proceeding relating to the report. Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply if the person to whom the report relates consents to the report being admitted, produced or given as evidence. In this section— review proceeding means a proceeding for an internal review or external review under part 1 . (sec.210-ssec.1) This section applies to a report about a person’s health assessment done by a medical practitioner under section 90 . (sec.210-ssec.2) The report is not admissible as evidence in a legal proceeding, other than a review proceeding relating to the report. (sec.210-ssec.3) A person can not be compelled to produce the report, or to give evidence about the report or its contents, in a proceeding, other than a review proceeding relating to the report. (sec.210-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply if the person to whom the report relates consents to the report being admitted, produced or given as evidence. (sec.210-ssec.5) In this section— review proceeding means a proceeding for an internal review or external review under part 1 .