AYT v Sydney Local Health District [2014] NSWCATAD 29

Civil and Administrative Tribunal New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: AYT v Sydney Local Health District [2014] NSWCATAD 29 Hearing dates: 21 November 2013 Decision date: 19 March 2014 Jurisdiction: Administrative and Equal Opportunity Division Before: S Higgins, Principal Member Decision: Pursuant to subs 55(2) of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1989, the Tribunal decides not to take any action on the matter. Catchwords: Health information about an individual - limits on disclosure of health information -protection of health information held by a government agency - health information produced by the agency pursuant to a subpoena issued by a court, production of the information for a secondary purpose - whether agency was not required to comply with the limits on disclosure of health information - whether the disclosed health information fell within the terms of the subpoena Legislation Cited: Civil and Administrative Tribunal 2013 Civil Procedure Act 2005 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1989 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Rochfort v Trade Practices Commission (1982) 153 CLR 134; 43 ALR 659 Category: Principal judgment Parties: AYT (Applicant) Sydney Local Health District Representation: Applicant's husband (Agent for the Applicant) Crown Solicitor's Office (Respondent) File Number(s): 133225