26Reports including statistical and other information relating to information included in the National Registry

26 Reports including statistical and other information relating to information included in the National Registry

(1) The Director‑General of the CDC must, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, publish a report including the following information: (a) the number of notifications of each prescribed occupational respiratory disease made under Division 3 of Part 2 during the period of 12 months ending on that 30 June; (b) the number of notifications of each non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease made under Division 3 of Part 2 during the period of 12 months ending on that 30 June; (c) aggregate information and statistics about the occupation, main job task, industry and State of residence of diagnosed individuals at the time they were exposed to respiratory disease‑causing agents.

Note: See subsection (6) in relation to the first report published under this subsection.

(2) The Director‑General of the CDC may at any time, for the purposes of the National Registry: (a) prepare statistical reports at a national level relating to information that is: (i) included in the National Registry; and (ii) of a kind prescribed by the rules; and (b) make the reports available to relevant State or Territory authorities and prescribed medical practitioners. (3) The Director‑General of the CDC may at any time, for the purposes of the National Registry, publish reports relating to information that is: (a) included in the National Registry; and (b) of a kind prescribed by the rules. The reports may include statistical and other information. (4) If protected information is to be published or otherwise made available under this section, the Director‑General of the CDC must, before publishing the information or making it available, take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the information is de‑identified. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), information is de‑identified if the information is no longer about: (a) an identifiable individual or an individual who is reasonably identifiable; or (b) an identified workplace, employer or business or a workplace, employer or business that is reasonably identifiable. (6) If this Act commences on a day other than 1 July in a year, subsection (1) has effect in relation to the first report required to be published under that subsection as if each reference to the period of 12 months ending on that 30 June were a reference to the period starting on the day this Act commences and ending on that 30 June.