CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010
As in force at 1 September 2010
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Prescribed details ............................................................................ 1
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 1 September 2010
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CANCER (REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 2010
Regulations under the Cancer (Registration) Act 2009
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Cancer (Registration)
Regulations 2010.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on the commencement of the
Cancer (Registration) Act 2009.
3 Prescribed details
(1) For the definition of prescribed details in section 3 of the Act, the
following details are prescribed:
(a) if prescribed details for a person are required to be given
under section 8(2) of the Act:
(i) the person's identification details; and
(ii) the name and address of the place at which the
specimen was taken; and
(iii) the name of the medical practitioner who requested the
pathological examination of the specimen; and
(iv) the name and address of the laboratory at which the
pathological examination of the specimen took place;
and
(v) the pathological examination reference number assigned
to the specimen by the laboratory; and
(vi) the date of the cancer diagnosis; and
(vii) the primary site of the cancer; and
(viii) the laterality of the cancer; and
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(ix) the morphology of the cancer; and
(x) if a malignant melanoma has been diagnosed – the
thickness of the melanoma; and
(xi) if a solid tumour has been diagnosed – the size of the
tumour; and
(xii) the stage of the cancer; and
(xiii) the person's prior history of cancer;
(b) if prescribed details for a patient are required to be given
under section 9(2) of the Act:
(i) the patient's identification details; and
(ii) the name and address of the hospital; and
(iii) the registration number assigned to the patient by the
hospital; and
(iv) the name of the medical practitioner at the hospital who
was responsible for the patient on the date of diagnosis
or, if section 9(1)(b) of the Act applies, on the date the
patient died; and
(v) the date of the cancer diagnosis; and
(vi) the most valid basis of the diagnosis; and
(vii) the details mentioned in paragraph (a)(vii) to (xiii) on the
date of diagnosis; and
(viii) if section 9(1)(b) of the Act applies – the date the patient
died and the cause or causes of death.
(2) In this regulation:
identification details, for a person, means the following
information about the person:
(a) full name;
(b) former names;
(c) other names by which the person is or was commonly known;
(d) usual residential address;
(e) sex;
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(f) date of birth;
(g) country of birth;
(h) whether or not the person identifies or identified as being of
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin;
(i) occupation.
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Cancer (Registration) Regulations (SL No. 11, 2010)
Notified 30 June 2010
Commenced 1 September 2010 (r 2, s 2 Cancer (Registration) Act 2009
(Act No. 24, 2009) and Gaz G35, 1 September 2010, p 3)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: r 1.
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