Singapore legislation

Clause 48

of Health Information Bill

Clause 48

Application of this Part

(1)

This Part does not apply to the disclosure, collection and use of accessible health information about any individual.

(2)

This Part does not prevent or restrict the disclosure, collection or use of relevant information about any individual in accordance with any other provision of this Act or any other written law or rule of law or by an order of court.

(3)

A person is not to be taken to be a discloser or recipient on the basis that the person is a contributor or user under this Act or a requestor within the meaning given by section 6.

(4)

To avoid doubt, nothing in this Part imposes an obligation on a discloser to collect relevant information about any individual for the purpose of enabling the discloser to disclose the relevant information to any recipient under this Part.