Health Regulations Amendment (Public Health Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2017 (WA)

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Cremation Act 1929

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911

Health Regulations Amendment (Public Health Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2017

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.   Citation

These regulations are the Health Regulations Amendment
(Public Health Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2017.

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 (Consequential Provisions) Act 2016 section 206 comes into operation.

Part 2 — Blood and Tissue (Transmissible Diseases)

Regulations 1985 amended

3. Regulations amended

This Part amends the Blood and Tissue (Transmissible

persons.

Diseases) Regulations 1985.

4. Regulation 2A deleted
Delete regulation 2A.

5. Regulation 2 amended

(1) In regulation 2(1) insert in alphabetical order:

therapeutic use means a use for the purpose of —

(a)	preventing, diagnosing, curing or alleviating a disease, ailment, defect or injury in persons;
(b)	influencing, inhibiting or modifying a physiological process in persons;
(c)	testing susceptibility to a disease or ailment in

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(2)	In regulation 2(1) in the definition of blood delete "blood." and insert:
blood;
Note: The heading to amended regulation 2 is to read:

Terms used

6.      Regulation 7 amended

In regulation 7 delete the passage that begins with "penalty of" and continues to the end of the regulation and insert:

penalty of a fine of $1 000.

Part 3 - Cremation Regulations 1954 amended

7.     Regulations amended

This Part amends the Cremation Regulations 1954.

8.     Regulation 17 amended

In regulation 17 delete "1911." and insert:

/9/1 or the Public Health Act 2016.

Part 4 - Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning)

Regulations 1985 amended

9.     Regulations amended

This Part amends the Health (Notification of Lead Poisoning)

Regulations 1985.

10.   Regulation 6 amended

(1)	In regulation 6(1) in the definition of required information paragraph (b) delete "poisoning." and insert:
poisoning;
(2)	In regulation 6(1) insert in alphabetical order:

responsible pathologist, of a pathology laboratory,
means the pathologist responsible for the day-to-day
operations of the pathology laboratory.

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Part 5— Health (Public Buildings)

Regulations 1992 amended

11.         Regulations amended

This Part amends the Health (Public Buildings) Regulations 1992.
12.	Regulation 54 amended In regulation 54(1) delete "regulations by" and insert:

regulations, an

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.