Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016 S.R. No. 3/2016 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provisions 2 3 Commencement 2 4 Principal Regulations 2 5 Vaccine-preventable diseases 2 6 Provision of information 2 7 Primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre 3 8 Schedule 4—Notifiable conditions 3 9 Schedule 7—Minimum period of exclusion from primary schools, education and care service premises and children's services centres for infectious diseases cases and contracts 4 ═══════════════ Endnotes 5 -- 1 of 6 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2016 S.R. No. 3/2016 Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 16 February 2016 Responsible Minister: JILL HENNESSY Minister for Health MATTHEW McBEATH Acting Clerk of the Executive Council 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to amend the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2009— (a) to ensure that immunisation and exclusion provisions apply to education and care service premises; and (b) to add Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) to the list of notifiable conditions in Schedule 4; and (c) to decrease the amount of lead in blood at which it becomes a notifiable condition for the purposes of Schedule 4; and (d) to ensure that the requirements in relation to poliomyelitis extend to all poliovirus infections. -- 2 of 6 -- Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016 S.R. No. 3/2016 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 2 2 Authorising provisions These Regulations are made under sections 232 and 238 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 4 April 2016. 4 Principal Regulations In these Regulations, the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 20091 are called the Principal Regulations. 5 Vaccine-preventable diseases For regulation 81(d) of the Principal Regulations substitute— "(d) Poliovirus infection;". 6 Provision of information (1) In regulation 84(1) of the Principal Regulations— (a) for "school" (where first occurring) substitute "school, education and care service premises"; (b) for "school or centre" substitute "primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre". (2) In regulation 84(2) of the Principal Regulations— (a) for "school" (where twice occurring) substitute "school, education and care service premises"; (b) for paragraph (b) substitute— "(b) Poliovirus infection; or". -- 3 of 6 -- Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016 S.R. No. 3/2016 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 3 7 Primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre (1) For the heading to regulation 85 of the Principal Regulations substitute— "Primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre". (2) In regulation 85(1) of the Principal Regulations, for "school" (where twice occurring) substitute "school, education and care service premises". (3) In regulation 85(2) of the Principal Regulations— (a) for "school" (where first and secondly occurring) substitute "school, education and care service premises"; (b) for "school or centre" substitute "primary school, education and care service premises or children's services centre". 8 Schedule 4—Notifiable conditions In Schedule 4 to the Principal Regulations— (a) in Group A— (i) after the item relating to "Measles" insert— "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV)"; (ii) for "Poliomyelitis" substitute "Poliovirus infection"; (b) in Group B, for "Blood lead greater than 10μg/dL" substitute "Blood lead greater than 5μg/dL". -- 4 of 6 -- Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016 S.R. No. 3/2016 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 4 9 Schedule 7—Minimum period of exclusion from primary schools, education and care service premises and children's services centres for infectious diseases cases and contracts (1) In the heading to Schedule 7 to the Principal Regulations, for "schools" substitute "schools, education and care service premises". (2) In Schedule 7 to the Principal Regulations, in Column 1, for "Poliomyelitis" substitute "Poliovirus infection". ═══════════════ -- 5 of 6 -- Endnotes Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment Regulations 2016 S.R. No. 3/2016 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel 5 Endnotes 1 Reg. 4: S.R. No. 178/2009. Reprint No. 1 as at 20 November 2014. Reprinted to S.R. No. 143/2013. Subsequently amended by S.R. No. 170/2015. -- 6 of 6 --