Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025 (45 of 2025)

Schedule 1   Amendment of the Aged Care Act 2024

Part 1   Amendments commencing immediately after the commencement of the Aged Care Act 2024

Aged Care Act 2024

259   After subsection 537(8)

Insert:

Use or disclosure of information relating to fire safety

(8A) A person may use relevant information, or disclose relevant information to the chief executive officer (however described) of a State or Territory fire authority, if:

(a) the relevant information relates to fire safety; and

(b) the use or disclosure is for the purposes of assisting the State or Territory fire authority to perform its functions.

(8B) For the purposes of subsection (8A), a State or Territory fire authority means a State or Territory authority that has functions relating to fire safety under a law of the State or Territory (including a local by-law).