98Public health and disease registers

#### 98 Public health and disease registers 98 Public health and disease registers > > (1) The Secretary may establish and maintain, or arrange for the establishment and maintenance of, a register of a kind specified by an order under this Part. > > > (2) The Secretary may enter into an agreement or arrangement with any other person for the establishment or maintenance, or both, of any such register. > > > (3) The Secretary may enter into an agreement or arrangement with a local government authority or government or non-government agency, or any other person, for the provision and use of information for the purposes of any such register. > > > (4) A public health organisation must, if directed to do so in writing by the Secretary, provide information for the purposes of any such register. > > > (5) A register established under this section must not contain identifying particulars of a person, except with the consent of the person. > > > (6) The Secretary or a person or class of persons authorised in writing by the Secretary for that purpose may provide personal information about a person to a health records linkage organisation for the purpose of establishing and providing a unique identifier number to be used for the purposes of a register established under this section. > > > (6A) The Secretary may authorise the following classes of persons, or a subclass of persons from the following classes, for the purposes of subsection (6)— > > > > > (a) health practitioners, > > > > > > Note. > > > > > > For example, medical practitioners are a subclass of health practitioners. > > > > > (b) health organisations within the meaning of the [Health Care Complaints Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-105), > > > > > (c) public authorities, > > > > > (d) any other class of persons prescribed by the regulations. > > > (7) In this section— > > > > health records linkage organisation means a body approved as a health records linkage organisation by the Secretary from time to time for the purposes of this section. > > > > identifying particulars of a person means the person’s— > > > > > (a) name (including any previous name), or > > > > > (b) residential, postal or email address. > > > > personal information has the same meaning as in the [Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2002-071). > > **pt 6, div 3 (ss 90–96):** Rep 2017 No 43, Sch 1 \[47\]. > > **s 98:** Am 2015 No 15, Sch 1.21; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 \[50\]–\[52\]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.26\[3\] \[4\].