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PUBLIC HEALTH AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (NO 1) (NO 48 OF 2006)
2006
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL
TERRITORY
PUBLIC HEALTH AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No
1)
SUBORDINATE LAW SL2006- 48
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Minister for Health
PUBLIC HEALTH AMENDMENT REGULATION 2006 (No
1)
SUBORDINATE LAW SL2006- 48
Division 3.1 of the Public Health Regulation 2000 establishes the
ACT Cervical Cytology Register. Section 22 contains the definition of
registrable information in relation to the operation of the ACT Cervical
Cytology Register.
The amendment to section 22 is being put forward as
part of a national program to improve the availability and accuracy of data
regarding the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
people.
Division 6.3 of the Public Health Regulation 2000
regulates the installation of septic tanks and toilets not connected to the ACT
sewerage system.
The amendments to sections 70 and 73 respectively
require that a person must get approval for the installation or alteration of an
effluent disposal system and toilet, as well as the septic tank.
Section 1 – Name of regulation - provides that the
regulation is the Public Health Amendment Regulation 2006 (No
1).
Section 2 – Commencement - provides that the regulation
commences the day after it is notified on the ACT Legislation Register.
Section 3 – Legislation amended - states that the
Public Health Regulation 2000 is amended.
Section 4 –
Section 22, definition of registrable information, new paragraph
(ba)-inserts the words “whether she is Aboriginal or
Torres Strait Islander” in to the definition of registrable information in
section 22 of the Public Health Regulation 2000.
Section 5
– Section 70 (1), (2) and (3) -replaces the words septic tank with
words septic tank system.
Section 6 – Section 73 - replaces
the words septic tank with words septic tank system.