I, Angelene Falk, Australian Information Commissioner, hereby approve pursuant to subsections 95A(2) and (4) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) the guidelines issued by the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council for the purposes of paragraph 16B(3)(c) and subparagraph 16B(2)(d)(iii) of the Privacy Act, namely, Guidelines approved under Section 95A of the Privacy Act 1988 (updated 2024).
Under section 95A(2), for the purposes of paragraph 16B(3)(c), I may approve guidelines that relate to the use and disclosure of health information for the purposes of research, or the compilation or analysis of statistics, relevant to public health or public safety.
Under section 95A(4), for the purposes of paragraph 16B(2)(d)(iii), I may approve guidelines that relate to the collection of health information for the purposes of:
This approval has the effect of repealing the approval by the Privacy Commissioner of the Guidelines approved under Section 95A of the Privacy Act 1988 (March 2014, FRLI F2014L00243).
This approval takes effect on 1 April 2024.
[signed]
Angelene Falk
Australian Information Commissioner
25 March 2024
Note: The name of this instrument was amended on registration as the instrument as lodged did not have a unique name (see subsection 10(2), Legislation Rule 2016).