This regulation may be cited as the Commissions of Inquiry (Queensland Public Hospitals Inquiry—Evidence) Regulation 2005 .
In this regulation—commission means the commission established under the Commissions of Inquiry Order (No. 2) 2005.Commissions of Inquiry Act means the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 .conciliator means a conciliator under the HRC Act.confidential information means confidential information under the HRC Act, section 141.HRC Act means the Health Rights Commission Act 1991 .
3Declaration under Commissions of Inquiry Act, s 5 (2A)
(1)It is declared that writing made under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, section 5 (1) by the chairperson of the commission is to take precedence over the HRC Act, section 141.(2)However, nothing in subsection (1) authorises the disclosure of—(a)anything said or admitted during conciliation to which section 91 of the HRC Act applies; or(b)a document, or a copy of a document, prepared for, or in the course of, a conciliation to which section 91 of the HRC Act applies; or(c)information disclosed under the HRC Act by a conciliator to someone else that the other person is not otherwise authorised to disclose under that Act.
4Authorisation under HRC Act, s 141 (1) (d)
(1)A person who, by writing made under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, section 5 (1) by the chairperson of the commission, is required to do a thing that involves disclosing confidential information gained by the person through involvement by the person in the administration of the HRC Act is authorised to disclose the confidential information.(2)However, nothing in subsection (1) authorises the disclosure of—(a)anything said or admitted during conciliation to which section 91 of the HRC Act applies; or(b)a document, or a copy of a document, prepared for, or in the course of, a conciliation to which section 91 of the HRC Act applies; or(c)information disclosed under the HRC Act by a conciliator to someone else that the other person is not otherwise authorised to disclose under that Act.