National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2008
made under section 11 of the
National Health Security Act 2007
Compilation No. 3
Compilation date: 13 October 2016
Includes amendments up to: National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2016
(No. 1)
About this compilation
This compilation
This is a compilation of the National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2008 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 12 October 2016 (the compilation date).
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.
Uncommenced amendments
The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments
If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.
Modifications
If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Self‑repealing provisions
If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.
Contents
1 Name of Instrument
2 Commencement
3 Definition
4 Establishment of the National Notifiable Disease List
Schedule 1—National Notifiable Disease List
Part 1—Definition
Part 2—Diseases
Division 2.1—Bloodborne diseases
Division 2.2—Gastrointestinal diseases
Division 2.3—Quarantinable diseases
Division 2.4—Sexually transmissible infections
Division 2.5—Vaccine preventable diseases
Division 2.6—Vectorborne diseases
Division 2.7—Zoonoses
Division 2.8—Other bacterial diseases
Division 2.9—Diseases under national surveillance performed by surveillance bodies other than the Department of Health and Ageing
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
1 Name of Instrument
This Instrument is the National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2008.
2 Commencement
This Instrument commences on the commencement of Part 2 of the National Health Security Act 2007.
3 Definition
In this Instrument:
Act means the National Health Security Act 2007.
4 Establishment of the National Notifiable Disease List
For subsection 11(1) of the Act, the National Notifiable Disease List, set out in Schedule 1, is established.
Schedule 1—National Notifiable Disease List
(section 4)
Part 1—Definition
In Part 2:
NEC, for a disease, means not elsewhere classified in the National Notifiable Disease List.
Part 2—Diseases
Division 2.1—Bloodborne diseases
Item | Disease |
2.1.1 | Hepatitis (NEC) |
2.1.2 | Hepatitis B (newly acquired) |
2.1.3 | Hepatitis B (unspecified) |
2.1.4 | Hepatitis C (newly acquired) |
2.1.5 | Hepatitis C (unspecified) |
2.1.6 | Hepatitis D |
Division 2.2—Gastrointestinal diseases
Item | Disease |
2.2.1 | Botulism |
2.2.2 | Campylobacteriosis |
2.2.3 | Cryptosporidiosis |
2.2.4 | Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (otherwise known as HUS) |
2.2.5 | Hepatitis A |
2.2.6 | Hepatitis E |
2.2.7 | Listeriosis |
2.2.8 | Salmonellosis |
2.2.9 | Shiga Toxin‑producing E. Coli or Verotoxin‑producing E. Coli (otherwise known, respectively, as STEC or VTEC) |
2.2.10 | Shigellosis |
2.2.11 | Typhoid fever |
Division 2.3—Quarantinable diseases
Item | Disease |
2.3.1 | Cholera |
2.3.2 | Highly pathogenic avian influenza (human) |
2.3.3 | Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (otherwise known as MERS-CoV) |
2.3.4 | Plague |
2.3.5 | Rabies |
2.3.6 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome (otherwise known as SARS) |
2.3.7 | Smallpox |
2.3.8 | Viral haemorrhagic fever |
2.3.9 | Yellow fever |
Division 2.4—Sexually transmissible infections
Item | Disease |
2.4.1 | Chlamydia |
2.4.2 | Donovanosis |
2.4.3 | Gonococcal infection |
2.4.4 | Syphilis—congenital |
2.4.5 | Syphilis—less than 2 years duration |
2.4.6 | Syphilis—more than 2 years duration or unspecified duration |
Division 2.5—Vaccine preventable diseases
Item | Disease |
2.5.1 | Diphtheria |
2.5.2 | Haemophilus influenzae type b |
2.5.3 | Influenza (laboratory confirmed) |
2.5.4 | Measles |
2.5.5 | Mumps |
2.5.6 | Pertussis |
2.5.7 | Pneumococcal disease—invasive |
2.5.8 | Poliovirus infection |
2.5.9 | Rotavirus |
2.5.10 | Rubella |
2.5.11 | Rubella—congenital |
2.5.12 | Tetanus |
2.5.13 | Varicella zoster infection—Chickenpox |
2.5.14 | Varicella zoster infection—Shingles |
2.5.15 | Varicella zoster infection—unspecified |
Division 2.6—Vectorborne diseases
Item | Disease |
2.6.1 | Barmah Forest virus infection |
2.6.2 | Chikungunya virus infection |
2.6.3 | Dengue virus infection |
2.6.4 | Flavivirus infection (unspecified) |
2.6.5 | Japanese encephalitis virus infection |
2.6.6 | West Nile virus/Kunjin virus infection |
2.6.7 | Malaria |
2.6.8 | Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection |
2.6.9 | Ross River virus infection |
Note: Vectorborne means transmitted by an insect or other organism.
Division 2.7—Zoonoses
Item | Disease |
2.7.1 | Anthrax |
2.7.2 | Australian bat lyssavirus infection |
2.7.3 | Brucellosis |
2.7.4 | Leptospirosis |
2.7.5 | Lyssavirus infection (NEC) |
2.7.6 | Ornithosis (otherwise known as Psittacosis) |
2.7.7 | Q fever |
2.7.8 | Tularaemia |
Note: The term Zoonoses refers to diseases which are communicable to humans from another animal species.
Division 2.8—Other bacterial diseases
Item | Disease |
2.8.1 | Legionellosis |
2.8.2 | Leprosy |
2.8.3 | Meningococcal disease—invasive |
2.8.4 | Tuberculosis |
Division 2.9—Diseases under national surveillance performed by surveillance bodies other than the Department of Health
Item | Disease |
2.9.1 | Creutzfeldt‑Jakob disease (otherwise known as CJD) |
2.9.2 | Variant Creutzfeldt‑Jakob disease (otherwise known as vCJD) |
2.9.3 | Human immunodeficiency virus (otherwise known as HIV) |
Note: The term ‘surveillance bodies other than the Department of Health’ refers to the following non‑government bodies:
(a) the Australian National Creutzfeldt‑Jakob Disease Registry; and
(b) the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research.
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.
The following endnotes are included in every compilation:
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Endnotes about misdescribed amendments and other matters are included in a compilation only as necessary.
Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.
Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.
The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.
The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Misdescribed amendments
A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is set out in the endnotes.
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
A = Act | orig = original |
ad = added or inserted | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |
am = amended | /sub‑subparagraph(s) |
amdt = amendment | pres = present |
c = clause(s) | prev = previous |
C[x] = Compilation No. x | (prev…) = previously |
Ch = Chapter(s) | Pt = Part(s) |
def = definition(s) | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |
Dict = Dictionary | Reg = Regulation/Regulations |
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | reloc = relocated |
Div = Division(s) | renum = renumbered |
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | rep = repealed |
effect | rs = repealed and substituted |
F = Federal Register of Legislative Instruments | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |
gaz = gazette | Sch = Schedule(s) |
LI = Legislative Instrument | Sdiv = Subdivision(s) |
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |
(md) = misdescribed amendment | SR = Statutory Rules |
mod = modified/modification | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) |
No. = Number(s) | SubPt = Subpart(s) |
o = order(s) | underlining = whole or part not |
Ord = Ordinance | commenced or to be commenced |
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Name | FRLI registration | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2008 | 27 Mar 2008 (F2008L00800) | 28 Mar 2008 (s 2) |
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National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment (Vectorborne Diseases) Instrument 2014 | 12 Jan 2015 (F2015L00030) | 13 Jan 2015 (s 2) | — |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2015 (No. 1) | 23 June 2015 (F2015L00888) | 24 June 2015 (s 2) | __ |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2016 (No. 1) | 12 October 2016 (F2016L01609) | 13 October 2016 | __ |
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Provision affected | How affected |
Schedule 1 heading |
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Division 2.6 heading |
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Div 2.6.................. | rs F2015L00030 |
Sch 1, Div 2.3, Item 2.3.3......
Sch 1, Div 2.5, Item 2.5.8...... |
ad F2015L00888
am F2015L00888 |
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Sch 1, Div 2.5, Table Items 2.5.9 to 2.5.14 | am F2016L01609 |
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Sch 1, Div 2.6, Table Item 2.6.6.. | am F2016L01609 |
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Sch 1, Div 2.9, Heading....... | am F2016L01609 |
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Sch 1, Div 2.9, Table Item 2.9.4.. | rep F2016L01609 |
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Sch 1, Div 2.9, Note......... | am F2016L01609 |