Public Health Amendment (Swine Influenza) Regulation 2009 (NSW)

2009 No 140

New South Wales

Public Health Amendment (Swine

Influenza) Regulation 2009

under the

Public Health Act 1991

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Health Act 1991.

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, MLC

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Public Health Act 1991:

(a)	to include swine influenza in humans in the list of medical conditions in Schedule 1 to the Act that must be notified by medical practitioners and laboratories to the Director-General of the Department of Health (the Director-General), and
(b)	to require a person suffering from swine influenza to take reasonable precautions against spreading the condition, and
(c)	to allow the Director-General to order a person to undergo a medical examination if the Director-General suspects on reasonable grounds that the person is suffering from swine influenza, and
(d)	to allow an authorised medical practitioner who is satisfied on reasonable grounds that a person is suffering from swine influenza to make a public health order in respect of the person, and
(e)	to include swine influenza in the list of diseases in Schedule 3 to the Act that must be notified by hospitals to the Director-General.

This Regulation is made under the Public Health Act 1991, including sections 80 and 82 (the general regulation-making power).

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Clause 1	Public Health Amendment (Swine Influenza) Regulation 2009

Public Health Amendment (Swine Influenza) Regulation

2009

under the

Public Health Act 1991

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Health Amendment (Swine Influenza)
Regulation 2009.

2      Commencement

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

3 Amendment of Public Health Act 1991 No 10

(1) Schedule 1 Scheduled medical conditions

Insert in alphabetical order in Categories 2, 3 and 4:

Swine influenza in humans

(2)	Schedule 3 Notifiable diseases
Insert in alphabetical order:

Swine influenza in humans