Section 47
Confidentiality of information
of Medical Registration Act 1997
(1)
A person to whom this section applies is not compellable in any proceedings to give evidence in respect of, or to produce any document containing any information which has been obtained in the course of, a performance or fitness assessment except in the case of the following:
an inquiry by any Complaints Committee, Disciplinary Tribunal, Health Committee or Interim Orders Committee; or
a prosecution for a criminal offence.
(2)
A person to whom this section applies must not disclose any information contained in any document as may have come to that person’s knowledge in the course of a performance or fitness assessment unless the disclosure is made —
under or for the purpose of administering and enforcing this Act or the Infectious Diseases Act 1976; or
for any other purpose with the consent of the person to whom the information relates.
(3)
This section applies to —
a member of a Performance or Fitness Assessment Panel;
the investigator mentioned in section 42(4)(c) or 44(6)(b)(i);
a member of any Complaints Committee, Disciplinary Tribunal, Health Committee or Interim Orders Committee; and
any member, officer or agent of the Medical Council.