sec.279ACAuthorisation relating to information in national registry

### sec.279AC Authorisation relating to information in national registry This section applies if— a prescribed medical practitioner— gives the relevant Commonwealth officer information for inclusion in the national registry; or corrects or updates information in the national registry; and the giving, correcting or updating of the information is— required or permitted under this Act or the Commonwealth Act ; or in compliance with a request for information made under the Commonwealth Act ; and the prescribed medical practitioner would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice. The prescribed medical practitioner— does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving, correcting or updating the information; and is not liable to disciplinary action for giving, correcting or updating the information. Also, merely because the prescribed medical practitioner gives, corrects or updates the information, the practitioner can not be held to have— breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or departed from accepted standards of professional conduct. s 279AC ins 2019 No. 13 s 22 sub 2025 No. 21 s 44 amd 2025 No. 29 s 89 sch 1 (sec.279AC-ssec.1) This section applies if— a prescribed medical practitioner— gives the relevant Commonwealth officer information for inclusion in the national registry; or corrects or updates information in the national registry; and the giving, correcting or updating of the information is— required or permitted under this Act or the Commonwealth Act ; or in compliance with a request for information made under the Commonwealth Act ; and the prescribed medical practitioner would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice. (sec.279AC-ssec.2) The prescribed medical practitioner— does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving, correcting or updating the information; and is not liable to disciplinary action for giving, correcting or updating the information. (sec.279AC-ssec.3) Also, merely because the prescribed medical practitioner gives, corrects or updates the information, the practitioner can not be held to have— breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or departed from accepted standards of professional conduct. - (a) a prescribed medical practitioner— (i) gives the relevant Commonwealth officer information for inclusion in the national registry; or (ii) corrects or updates information in the national registry; and - (i) gives the relevant Commonwealth officer information for inclusion in the national registry; or - (ii) corrects or updates information in the national registry; and - (b) the giving, correcting or updating of the information is— (i) required or permitted under this Act or the Commonwealth Act ; or (ii) in compliance with a request for information made under the Commonwealth Act ; and - (i) required or permitted under this Act or the Commonwealth Act ; or - (ii) in compliance with a request for information made under the Commonwealth Act ; and - (c) the prescribed medical practitioner would otherwise be required to maintain confidentiality about the information under an Act, oath, rule of law or practice. - (i) gives the relevant Commonwealth officer information for inclusion in the national registry; or - (ii) corrects or updates information in the national registry; and - (i) required or permitted under this Act or the Commonwealth Act ; or - (ii) in compliance with a request for information made under the Commonwealth Act ; and - (a) does not contravene the Act , oath, rule of law or practice by giving, correcting or updating the information; and - (b) is not liable to disciplinary action for giving, correcting or updating the information. - (a) breached any code of professional etiquette or ethics; or - (b) departed from accepted standards of professional conduct.