Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health Measures No. 2) Regulations 2019 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health Measures No. 2) Regulations 2019

I, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 12 December 2019

David Hurley

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Mathias Cormann

Minister for Finance

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health Measures No. 2) Regulations 2019.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	18 December 2019

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

1. 1

   In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

390 Grants for support relating to stillbirth, miscarriage and newborn death To provide funding to organisations to provide in‑hospital, home and other support for women and their families following stillbirth, miscarriage or newborn death, including support of the following kinds: (a) home visits, or telephone or video conference support, by trained support workers; (b) medical support, including organising follow‑up medical visits, providing support during the post‑mortem process, explaining report findings and organising appointments with other practitioners; (c) in‑hospital support, including making funeral arrangements, supporting memory‑making and cancelling antenatal classes; (d) support for affected women, and members of their families, in transitioning back to work; (e) support for children in affected families, including in transitioning back to school. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding for measures: (a) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under either or both of the following: (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; (ii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4 and 24; or (b) which provide, or are incidental to the provision of, medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (c) with respect to postal, telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(v) of the Constitution).