s 10 National public health programmes
10.—(1) The Registrar may, with the approval of the Director‑General, disclose individually‑identifiable information held by the Registry to any public officer or any other person for the purpose of conducting national public health programmes concerning any reportable disease.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (2) In determining whether to approve the disclosure under subsection (1), the Director‑General must, subject to subsection (3), have regard to —(a) the aims and objectives of the national public health programme, including any public health benefits to Singapore; (b) the identity of the public officers or persons involved in the programme to whom the individually‑identifiable information held by the Registry will be disclosed; (c) the use to which the individually‑identifiable information will or may be put; and (d) the measures that will be put in place under the national public health programme to protect the individually‑identifiable information from unauthorised disclosure.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (3) The Director‑General must not approve any disclosure under subsection (1) unless the Director‑General is satisfied that the national public health programme cannot be carried out with anonymised information.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (4) The Director‑General may, when granting approval under subsection (1), impose the conditions that the Director‑General considers necessary with respect to —(a) the identities of the public officers or persons, or class of public officers or persons who are authorised to receive or handle the individually‑identifiable information; (b) the use to which the individually‑identifiable information is to or may be put; and (c) the measures that must be put in place under the national public health programme to protect the individually‑identifiable information from unauthorised disclosure.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (5) The Director‑General may, at any time, vary or revoke any of the existing conditions imposed under subsection (4) or impose new conditions.[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (6) The Director‑General may, at any time, revoke the approval given under subsection (1).[Act 11 of 2023 wef 01/05/2023] (7) Any person who fails to comply with any condition imposed under subsection (4) or any new condition imposed under subsection (5) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.