Public Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Regulations 1992    No. 81

Public Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations (Amendment)

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

Dated 30 May 1992.

WAYNE BERRY

Minister

TERRY CONNOLLY

Minister

Principal Regulations

1.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Public Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations.2

Interpretation

2.  Regulation 3 is amended by omitting from subregulation (1) the definitions of “Infectious Disease” and “Notifiable Disease” and substituting the following definitions:

“ ‘infectious disease’ means a disease specified in Schedule 3;

‘notifiable disease’ means a disease specified in Schedule 4;”.

Addition

3.  The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end the following Schedules:

SCHEDULE 3  Subregulation 3 (1)

infectious diseases

Botulism
  Campylobacteriosis
  Chlamydial disease (not elsewhere classified)
  Cholera
  Diphtheria
  Food Poisoning (not elsewhere classified)
  Haemophilus influenzae type b infection
  Hepatitis A
  Hepatitis B
  Hepatitis C
  Hepatitis (viral, not elsewhere classified)
  Legionellosis
  Leprosy
  Measles
  Meningococcal infection
  Mumps
  Pertussis
  Plague
  Poliomyelitis
  Rabies
  Rubella
  Salmonellosis (not elsewhere classified)
  Shigellosis

Tuberculosis

Typhoid and paratyphoid
  Viral haemorrhagic fever
  Yersiniosis

SCHEDULE 4  Subregulation 3 (1)

notifiable diseases

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  Anthrax
  Arbovirus infection (not elsewhere classified)
  Brucellosis
  Dengue
  Hydatid infection
  Leptospirosis
  Listeriosis
  Malaria
  Psittacosis and other forms of Ornithosis
  Q fever
  Ross River virus infection
  Tetanus
  Yellow fever

NOTES

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 9 June 1992.

2. Regulations made on 12 December 1930 as amended to date.  For previous amendments see the tables in Note 1 to the Public Health (Infectious and Notifiable Diseases) Regulations (as reprinted as at 31 October 1991).

©  Australian Capital Territory 1992