Family Assistance (Meeting the Immunisation Requirements) Amendment Determination 2003 (No. 1) (Cth)

Family Assistance (Meeting the Immunisation Requirements) Amendment Determination 2003 (No. 1)

I, LARRY ANTHONY, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, make this Determination under subsection 7 (2) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

Dated 29 October 2003

LARRY ANTHONY

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Family Assistance (Meeting the Immunisation Requirements) Amendment Determination 2003 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This Determination is taken to have commenced on 19 September 2003.

1. Amendment of Family Assistance (Meeting the Immunisation Requirements) Determination 2003

Schedule 1 amends the Family Assistance (Meeting the Immunisation Requirements) Determination 2003.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]           After section 2

insert

2A           Definitions

In this Determination:

catch up vaccination schedule means the catch up vaccination schedule determined in the Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2003.

recognised immunisation provider — see subsection 3 (1) of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

relevant authority means a person or organisation that a Commonwealth, State or Territory health authority has authorised to make declarations for the purpose of paragraph 4 (1) (a).

standard vaccination schedule means the standard vaccination schedule determined in the Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2003.

[2]           After section 3

insert

4              Temporary unavailability of vaccine

(1)   A child who has not received a vaccination that the child is required to receive at a particular age meets the immunisation requirements if:

(a)    a recognised immunisation provider, or a relevant authority, declares, in writing, that the vaccine for that vaccination is, or all of the vaccines for that vaccination are, temporarily unavailable; and

(b)    the child has received all other vaccinations that the child is required to have received by that age.

(2)   Subsection (1) applies only until the vaccine, or one of the vaccines, becomes available.

5              Children vaccinated overseas

A child who has received vaccinations in another country meets the immunisation requirements if a recognised immunisation provider declares, in writing, that:

(a)    the vaccinations have provided the same level of immunisation that would have been acquired if the child had been immunised in accordance with the standard vaccination schedule; or

(b)    the vaccinations have provided the same level of immunisation that would have been acquired if the child had been immunised in accordance with the catch up vaccination schedule.