Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record - Sharing by Default) Act 2025 (8 of 2025)

Schedule 1 Main amendments

Part 1 My Health Records

My Health Records Act 2012

17 Subsection 79(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Authorised applicant

(2) For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act, each person mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table is an authorised applicant in relation to a provision mentioned in column 2 of the item:

Authorised applicants
Item	Column 1 Authorised applicant	Column 2 Provisions
1	Information Commissioner	(a) subsection 59(1); (b) subsection 59(2); (c) subsection 59(4); (d) subsection 59A(1); (e) subsection 60(1); (f) subsection 60(4); (g) subsection 71B(1); (h) subsection 74(1); (i) subsection 75(2); (j) subsection 77(1); (k) subsection 77(2B); (l) subsection 78(1); (m) subsection 78(2); (n) a civil penalty provision of the regulations.
2	Secretary of the Department	(a) subsection 41A(1); (b) section 76; (c) section 76A; (d) subsection 78A(1); (e) subsection 78A(2); (f) subsection 78C(1); (g) subsection 78C(4); (h) subsection 78D(1).

Authorised applicants

Item

Column 1

Authorised applicant

Column 2

Provisions

Information Commissioner

(a) subsection 59(1);

(b) subsection 59(2);

(d) subsection 59A(1);

(e) subsection 60(1);

(f) subsection 60(4);

(g) subsection 71B(1);

(h) subsection 74(1);

(i) subsection 75(2);

(j) subsection 77(1);

(k) subsection 77(2B);

(l) subsection 78(1);

(m) subsection 78(2);

(n) a civil penalty provision of the regulations.

Secretary of the Department

(a) subsection 41A(1);

(b) section 76;

(d) subsection 78A(1);

(e) subsection 78A(2);

(f) subsection 78C(1);

(g) subsection 78C(4);

(h) subsection 78D(1).

(2A) The Secretary of the Department may, in writing, delegate the Secretary's powers and functions under Part 4 of the Regulatory Powers Act in relation to the provisions mentioned in item 2 of the table in subsection (2) to an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department.

(2B) A person exercising powers or performing functions under a delegation under subsection (2A) must comply with any directions of the Secretary of the Department.

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