Public Health (Cervical Cytology) Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Public Health (Cervical Cytology) Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 33 of 19952

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Public Health Act 1928.

Dated 23 August 1995.

kate carnell

Minister

bill stefaniak

Minister

Commencement

1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

Principal Regulations

2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Public Health (Cervical Cytology) Regulations.

Interpretation

3.  Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting the definition of “cervical material”; and

(b)by inserting the following definition:

“ ‘cervical tissue’ means cervical tissue taken from a woman to determine whether she has cervical cancer;”.

Obligations of health practitioner and person in charge of laboratory

4.  Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from subregulation (1) (being the subregulation  added by resolution of the Legislative Assembly published in Gazette No. S3 of 4 January 1995) “the patient” and substituting “each woman from whom a cervical smear or cervical tissue is to be taken”;

(b)by omitting from subregulation (1) (being the subregulation included in Subordinate Law No. 30 of 1994) “material” and substituting “tissue”; and

(c)by renumbering subregulation (1) (being the subregulation included in Subordinate Law No. 30 of 1994) as subregulation (1A).

Disclosure of identifying information—women

5.  Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (2) (a) “material” and substituting “tissue”; and

(b)by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “material” and substituting “tissue”.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 31 March 1995.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 1 September 1995.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1995