Australian Capital Territory
Explanatory Statement
Public Health Risk Activity Revocation 2010 (No 1)
Disallowable instrument DI2010–291
made under the  
Public Health Act 1997, s 18 (Public health risk activities and procedures—declaration)

Health Care Facilities are licensed under the ACT Health Care Facilities Code of Practice 2001 (the Code).  The Code is an enforceable Code of Practice under the Public Health Act 1997.
In order for private facilities to be licensed under the Code they must be declared as a public health risk activity. This was originally done with instrument 346 of 2000 and then again with instrument 32 of 2001.
On 3 July 2001 DI2001-183 was notified. This instrument set out the regulations under which a health care facility would be licensed and also declared that private hospitals were a public risk activity and revoked DI2000-346. This instrument should have also revoked DI2001-32 but did not.

This instrument will therefore revoke DI2001-32. This revocation has no effect on the Health Care Facility licensing system and is for administrative reasons only.