Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH SECURITY ACT 2007 - SECT 11

  (1)   The Minister must, by legislative instrument, establish a list of diseases, to be called the National Notifiable Disease List.

  (2)   The Minister may include a disease in the list if the Minister considers that an outbreak of the disease would be a public health risk.

  (3)   The Minister may vary the list by:

  (a)   adding a disease if the Minister considers that an outbreak of the disease would be a public health risk; or

  (b)   removing a disease if the Minister no longer considers that an outbreak of the disease would be a public health risk.

  (4)   A variation under subsection   (3) is a legislative instrument.

  (5)   In making or varying the list, the Minister must consult:

  (a)   the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer; and

  (b)   each State or Territory Health Minister.