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Cancer (BreastScreen Victoria Registry)
Regulations 2003
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objectives 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Revocation 2
4. Definition 2
5. Prescribed cancer test and register 2
6. Register of results for cancer of the breast 2
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STATUTORY RULES 2003
S.R. No. 83/2003
Cancer Act 1958
Cancer (BreastScreen Victoria Registry)
Regulations 2003
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 1 July 2003
Responsible Minister:
BRONWYN PIKE
Minister for Health
HELEN DOYE
Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to
prescribe—
(a) certain examinations and tests as cancer
tests; and
(b) the BreastScreen Victoria Registry as the
prescribed register of results of tests for
cancer of the breast—
for the purposes of Part III of the Cancer Act
1958.
2. Authorising provisions
These Regulations are made under sections 60 and
62 of the Cancer Act 1958.
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3. Revocation
The Cancer (BreastScreen Register) Regulations
19941 are revoked.
4. Definition
In these Regulations, "the Act" means the
Cancer Act 1958.
5. Prescribed cancer test and register
(1) For the purposes of the definition of "cancer test"
in section 59 of the Act and for the purposes of
sections 60 and 62 of the Act, mammography and
subsequent radiology, pathology and clinical
examinations and tests are prescribed.
(2) For the purposes of the definition of "prescribed
register" in section 59 of the Act in relation to a
cancer test referred to in sub-regulation (1), the
register known as the BreastScreen Victoria
Registry maintained by Breast Screen Victoria
Inc. (formerly known as Victorian Breast
Screening Coordination Unit Inc.) is a prescribed
register.
6. Register of results for cancer of the breast
For the purposes of prescribing a register of
results from a cancer test under section 62 of the
Act, it is specified that—
(a) the name of the register is the BreastScreen
Victoria Registry;
(b) the register is of results of mammographic
screening, subsequent radiology, pathology
and clinical tests and examinations and
assessment of women for cancer of the
breast;
(c) the organisation that maintains the register is
Breast Screen Victoria Inc.;
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(d) the officer in charge of the register is the
person holding office from time to time as
the Director of Breast Screen Victoria Inc..
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ENDNOTES
1 Reg. 3: S.R. No. 16/1994.
Endnotes
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