Education Regulations (Immunisation Requirements for Enrolment) Amendment Regulations 2019 (WA)

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School Education Act 1999

Education Regulations (Immunisation

Requirements for Enrolment) Amendment

Regulations 2019

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 - Preliminary

1.            Citation

These regulations are the Education Regulations (Immunisation
Requirements for Enrolment) Amendment Regulations 2019.

2.           Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows -

(a)	Part 1 - on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations - on the day on which the Public Health Amendment (Immunisation Requirements for Enrolment) Act 2019 section 15 comes into operation.

Part 2 -School Education Regulations 2000 amended

3.            Regulations amended

This Part amends the School Education Regulations 2000.

4.            Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3(1) delete the definitions of:
current
vaccination status
vaccination status certificate

5.            Regulation 5 replaced

Delete regulation 5 and insert:

5. Prescribed information required when applying to
enrol (Act s. 16(1)(h))

The following information is prescribed for the purposes of section 16(1)(h) -

(a) information as to who is to be contacted in
emergency situations that affect the enrollee
and contact details for the relevant persons;

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(b) if the enrollee has a Medicare number, the
Medicare number of the enrollee.

6. Regulation 6 amended
Delete regulation 6(1 )(e) and insert:

(e)	any immunisation status of the enrollee given in accordance with the Public Health Act 2016 section 141 B;
(1)	if the enrollee has a Medicare number, the Medicare number of the enrollee.

7.           Regulation 136 amended

In regulation 136(1), (2) and (3) delete "section 206(2)," and insert:

section 206(2)(b),

Note: The heading to amended regulation 136 is to read:

Enrolment at kindergarten (Act s. 206(2)(b))

8. Regulation 138 amended
Delete regulation 13 8(a)(iv) and insert:

(iv)     the immunisation status of the child given in accordance with the Public Health Act 2016 section 141B;

(v)     if the child has a Medicare number, the Medicare number of the child;

Note:  The note at the end of regulation 29(1) is to be altered by deleting '27"
and inserting:
27(1)

Part 3 School Education (Student Residential

Colleges) Regulations 2017 amended

9.           Regulations amended

This Part amends the School Education (Student Residential
Colleges) Regulations 2017.

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10.         Regulation 6 amended

Delete regulation 6(9)(g) and insert:

(g) the immunisation status (as defined in the Public Health Act 2016 section 141A) of the student as recorded on an immunisation certificate (as defined in that section) for the student, issued not more than 2 months before the application is made;

(ga) if the student has a Medicare number, the

Medicare number of the student;

R. NELSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.