3BAccess to information of a medical or psychiatric nature

3B Access to information of a medical or psychiatric nature

[Section 3B Inserted by No. 71 of 2009, s. 6, Applied:15 Jul 2010]

(1)  [Section 3B Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Jul 2010] If –

(a) a request is made to a personal information custodian for access to information of a medical or psychiatric nature concerning the person making the request; and

(b) it appears to the personal information custodian that the provision to that person of access to the information might be prejudicial to the physical or mental health or wellbeing of that person –

the personal information custodian may direct that access to the information must not be provided to the person who made the request but must instead be provided to a medical practitioner nominated by that person.

(2)  [Section 3B Subsection (2) omitted by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:15 Jul 2010] .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .