Section 95AA — Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Overview

(1) This section allows the Commissioner to approve for the purposes of the Australian Privacy Principles guidelines that are issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Approving guidelines for use and disclosure

(2) For the purposes of paragraph 16B(4)(c), the Commissioner may, by legislative instrument, approve guidelines that relate to the use and disclosure of genetic information for the purposes of lessening or preventing a serious threat to the life, health or safety of an individual who is a genetic relative of the individual to whom the genetic information relates.

Related sections

• s 94 — Jurisdiction of courts
• s 95 — Medical research guidelines
• s 95A — Guidelines for Australian Privacy Principles about health information
• s 95B — Requirements for Commonwealth contracts
• s 95C — Disclosure of certain provisions of Commonwealth contracts
• s 96 — Review by the Administrative Review Tribunal

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