11. Medical treatment

Terms defined in s 2

• disclose

  disclose

  Defined · s 2

  “disclose”, in relation to any information held by the Registry, includes to grant to any person access to that information;

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• individually-identifiable

  individually-identifiable

  Defined · s 2

  “individually-identifiable”, when used to describe information pertaining to an individual, means that the identity of that individual can be readily discovered or ascertained from that information;

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• medical practitioner

  medical practitioner

  Defined · s 2

  “medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner registered under the Medical Registration Act 1997 and who holds a valid practising certificate;

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• Registrar

  Registrar

  Defined · s 2

  “Registrar” means the person appointed by the Director under section 3 to be the Registrar of the Registry and includes a Deputy Registrar and an Assistant Registrar;

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• Registry

  Registry

  Defined · s 2

  “Registry” means the National Registry of Diseases established under section 4;

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• reportable disease

  reportable disease

  Defined · s 2

  “reportable disease” means a disease that is specified in the Schedule;

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• requisite consent

  requisite consent

  Defined · s 2

  “requisite consent”, for the purposes of section 11 or 12, means —(a)the consent, given in the prescribed form and manner, of the person whose individually‑identifiable information is to be disclosed under that section; or(b)where the person mentioned in paragraph (a) is unable to give his or her own consent due to age, infirmity of mind or body or any other cause, the consent, given in the prescribed form and manner, of such other person who is authorised by the regulations to give such consent for and on his or her behalf.

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