This note is not part of the notice, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This notice comes into force on the day after the date of its notification in the Gazette. It declares the BreastSurgANZ Quality Audit described in the Schedule to be a protected quality assurance activity. The effect of this declaration is that—

• any information that becomes known solely as a result of the activity is confidential; and

• any documents brought into existence solely for the purposes of the activity are confidential; and

• the persons who engage in the activity in good faith are immune from civil liability.

The protections afforded by this notice are subject to certain statutory exceptions. For example, this notice does not prohibit the disclosure of information that does not identify, either expressly or by implication, a particular individual.

Under section 54(4) of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003, this notice remains in force for a period of 5 years after the date on which it is issued, unless it is revoked before then.

This notice revokes the Health Practitioners (Quality Assurance Activity—National Breast Cancer Audit) Notice 2011.