Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2003 (Cth)

Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2003

I, LARRY ANTHONY, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, make this Determination under section 4 of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

Dated 29 October 2003

LARRY ANTHONY

Minister for Children and Youth Affairs

Contents

Part 1Preliminary

1Name of Determination   2

2Commencement   2

3Definitions   2

4Revocation   2

Part 2Vaccination schedules

5Standard vaccination schedule   3

6Catch up vaccination schedule   3

Schedule 1Standard vaccination schedule   4

Part 1                 Preliminary

1. Name of Determination

This Determination is the Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2003.

1. Commencement

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

1. Definitions

In this Determination:

Act means the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods means the register maintained under section 9A of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989.

Hib means Haemophilus influenzae type b.

National Health and Medical Research Council means the council established by section 6 of the National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992.

Path A means vaccination using PRP-T and HbOC Hib vaccines.

Path B means vaccination using PRP-OMP Hib vaccines.

1. Revocation

The Family Assistance (Vaccination Schedules) Determination 2000 is revoked.

Part 2                 Vaccination schedules

1. Standard vaccination schedule

(1)   Subject to subsections (2) to (5), the standard vaccination schedule is the schedule set out in Schedule 1, under which a child born in a period mentioned in a column of the table must be vaccinated against a disease or antigen mentioned in an item in that column at the age mentioned in that item.

(2)   A child is not taken to be overdue for a vaccination under the standard vaccination schedule until:

(a)    if the vaccination is due when the child turns 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months or 18 months — 1 month after the vaccination is due; or

(b)    if the vaccination is due at age 4 years — 1 year after the vaccination is due.

(3)   A vaccine used to vaccinate a child against an antigen or disease mentioned in Schedule 1 must be registered as a vaccine on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods.

(4)   For Hib, a child may be vaccinated in accordance with either Path A or Path B.

(5)   A child born on or after 1 May 2000 may receive the child’s third vaccination against Hepatitis B at either age 6 months or age 12 months.

1. Catch up vaccination schedule

(1)   The catch up vaccination schedule is the catch up vaccination schedule published by the National Health and Medical Research Council in the Australian Immunisation Handbook in September 2003.

(2)   However, a child is not taken to be overdue for a vaccination under the catch up vaccination schedule until:

(a)    unless paragraph (b) applies — 1 month after the vaccination is due; or

(b)    if the vaccination is due on or after the day the child turns 4 years — the later of the following:

(i)    the day the child turns 5 years;

(ii)    1 month after the vaccination is due.

Schedule 1        Standard vaccination schedule

(subsection 5 (1))

Item	Age	Children born 1 January 1995 to 17 September 1999	Children born 18 September 1999 to 30 April 2000	Children born 1 May 2000 to 31 December 2003	Children born on or after 1 January 2004
1	2 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis	Hepatitis B Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis	Hepatitis B Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis
2	4 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis	Hepatitis B Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis	Hepatitis B Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A or B) Poliomyelitis
3	6 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A) Poliomyelitis	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A) Poliomyelitis	Hepatitis B (or at 12 months) Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Hib (Path A)	Hepatitis B (or at 12 months) Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Hib (Path A)
4	12 months	Hib (Path B) Measles Mumps Rubella	Hib (Path B) Measles Mumps Rubella	Hepatitis B (or at 6 months) Hib (Path B) Measles Mumps Rubella	Hepatitis B (or at 6 months) Hib (Path A or B) Measles Mumps Rubella
5	18 months	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Hib (Path A)	Hib (Path A)	Hib (Path A)
6	4 years	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Measles Mumps Rubella	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Measles Mumps Rubella	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Measles Mumps Rubella	Diphtheria Tetanus Pertussis Poliomyelitis Measles Mumps Rubella