Public Health Act 1991 Public Health Amendment Regulation 1998 (1998-31) [GG No 7 of 16.1.1998, p 295] (NSW)

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New South Wales

Public Health Amendment Regulation

1998

under the

Public Health Act 1991

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has

made the following Regulation under the Public Health Act 1991.

ANDREW REFSHAUGE
Deputy Premier and Minister for Health

Explanatory note

Under section 16 of the Public Health Act 1991 a person who certifies a positive result of a serological or other prescribed medical test that detects that a person is suffering from a Category 3 medical condition must notify the Director-General of the Department of Health in the approved form. The object of this Regulation is to prescribe certain tests for the purposes of that section.

This Regulation is made under the Public Health Act 1991, including sections 16 (Notification of test results—Category 3 medical condition) and 82 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 7 of 16 January 1998, page 295 Page 1

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Clause 1 Public Health Amendment Regulation 1998

Public Health Amendment Regulation 1998

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Health Amendment Regulation
1998.

2 Amendment of Public Health Regulation 1991

The Public Health Regulation 1991 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

3 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Public Health Amendment Regulation 1998

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 6AA

Omit the clause. Insert instead:

6AA Notification of test results—prescribed tests

For the purposes of section 16 (1) (a) of the Act, any diagnostic test on the following substances, or any constituent of the following substances, is a prescribed test:

(a)	human blood,
(b)	human cells,
(c)	human tissue,
(d)	other bodily substances.