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Service NSW (One-stop Access to Government Services) Act 2013
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Service NSW (One-stop Access to Government Services) Act 2013
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17B Information collected by Secretary in relation to COVID-19
(1) This section applies to personal information or health information held by the Secretary if the information was collected—
(a) in the exercise of a function under an order made under the Public Health Act 2010, section 7 in response to COVID-19 (a public health order), or
(b) under authority of a public health order, or
(c) for the purpose of COVID-19 contact tracing and because of a direction given by the Minister under section 4(c).
(2) The information held must not be used or disclosed except—
(a) for the purposes for which it was collected, or
(b) for the purposes of contact tracing, including in another Australian jurisdiction, or
(c) for information collected in relation to the issue of a permit—for the purposes of investigating or prosecuting a breach of a public health order related to the permit, or
(d) for information collected in relation to a declaration provided when entering or leaving New South Wales—for the purposes of investigating or prosecuting a breach of a public health order related to the declaration, or
(e) for information about an individual—to provide access to the information for—
(i) the individual, or
(ii) if the individual is under 16 years of age—a person having parental responsibility for the individual, or
(iii) if the individual lacks capacity to access the information—a person having the care of the individual.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents the proper disposal of the information.
(4) This section extends to information collected by the Secretary—
(a) before the commencement of this section, or
(b) that was not required to be provided to the Secretary.
(5) This section has effect despite—
(a) another provision of this Act, or
(b) another Act or law, including a warrant or an order of a court.
(6) A failure to comply with this section is taken to be conduct to which the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, Part 5 applies.
s 17B: Ins 2021 No 35, Sch 1[2]. Am 2026 No 2, Sch 1.4[2].