Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

PUBLIC HEALTH (CANCER REPORTING) REGULATIONS (NO. 19 OF 1994)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Cancer Reporting) Regulations.  
   2.      These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.  
   3.      In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—“approved form” means the form approved by the Medical Officer of Health for the purposes of the provision in which the expression occurs; “cancer” means a malignant growth of human tissue that has the potential to invade tissue beyond its site of origin (other than a basal cell carcinoma, or a squamous cell carcinoma, of the skin) and includes leukaemia; “health facility” means—  
   4.      (1) If—  
   5.      (1) If—  
   6.      Where a person gives notice or causes notice to be given under regulation 4 or provides or clarifies information requested under regulation 5—  
   7.      The Medical Officer of Health shall maintain a register and shall enter in it—  
   8.      (1) The Medical Officer of Health may disclose particulars on the register—  
   9.      (1) Where the Minister refuses to approve a person under paragraph 8 (1) (b), he or she shall, within 28 days, give notice in writing of that refusal to the Medical Officer of Health and to the person refused approval.  
   10.     Application may be made to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal for a review of a decision of the Minister under paragraph 8 (1) (b) to refuse to approve a person.  
   11.     (1) A person shall not, otherwise than for the purposes of these Regulations or as required by law, make a record of or divulge or communicate to any person any information or document, being information or a document that the first-mentioned person acquired under or by virtue of these Regulations.