Public Health Amendment (Exemption from Vaccination Requirements) Regulation 2019 (NSW)

New South Wales

Public Health Amendment (Exemption from

Vaccination Requirements) Regulation 2019

under the

Public Health Act 2010

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

Regulation under the Public Health Act 2010.

BRAD HAZZARD, MP

Minister for Health

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Public Health Regulation 2012 to require the principal of a child care facility to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the parent of a child who is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, or the principal of another child care facility, provides a vaccination certificate within 12 weeks after the child is enrolled in the facility. Currently those children are exempt from the requirement for a certificate to be provided before enrolment.

This Regulation is made under the Public Health Act 2010, including sections 87 (3) and 134 (the general regulation-making power).

Public Health Amendment (Exemption from Vaccination Requirements) Regulation 2019 [NSW]

Public Health Amendment (Exemption from Vaccination

Requirements) Regulation 2019

under the

Public Health Act 2010

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Health Amendment (Exemption from Vaccination

Requirements) Regulation 2019.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

3 Amendment of Public Health Regulation 2012

Clause 44A Exemptions from pre-enrolment requirements relating to child care

facilities

Omit “or (d)” from clause 44A (2). Insert instead “, (d) or (e)”.