Regulatory Reform Omnibus Act 2025 (73 of 2025)

Schedule 2   Amendments to improve or maintain access to government services

Part 5   Authorising appropriate information sharing to improve the integrity of medicare

Dental Benefits Act 2008

41   Subsection 34(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Entrusted public official

(2) Each of the following persons is an entrusted public official :

(a) the Minister;

(b) the Chief Executive Medicare;

(c) the Secretary of a relevant Department;

(d) an APS employee in a relevant Department;

(e) a Departmental employee within the meaning of the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973;

(f) any other person employed or engaged by the Commonwealth to provide services to the Commonwealth in connection with a relevant Department or Services Australia;

(g) any other person employed or engaged (however described) by a person described in paragraph (f) to provide services in connection with the services mentioned in that paragraph.

Relevant Department

(2A) For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a relevant Department :

(a) the Department administered by the Minister who administers this Act;

(b) the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Health Insurance Act 1973;

(c) the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997;

(d) the Department administered by the Minister who administers the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973;

(e) the Department administered by the Minister who administers the National Health Act 1953.