Australian Capital Territory
Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2017-36

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Public Health Act 1997.
Dated 29 November 2017.
Meegan Fitzharris
Minister
Gordon Ramsay
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1)
Subordinate Law SL2017-36
made under the
Public Health Act 1997

    
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Legislation amended	1
	4	Part 3 heading	1
	5	Division 3.1 heading	1
	6	Section 22, definitions	1
	7	Sections 23 and 24	2
	8	Section 25 (2)	2
	9	Section 26 (1) (a)	2
	10	Section 26 (1) (d) (ii)	2
	11	Section 26 (2)	2
	12	Section 26 (3)	2
	13	Section 26 (3) (b)	3
	14	Section 26 (3) (c)	3
	15	New section 26 (7)	3
	16	New section 27 (4)	4
	17	Division 3.2	4
	18	Dictionary	4

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Public Health Amendment Regulation 2017 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on 1 December 2017.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Legislation amended
This regulation amends the Public Health Regulation 2000.
4	Part 3 heading
substitute
Part 3	Cervical cytology register
5	Division 3.1 heading
omit
6	Section 22, definitions
omit the definitions of
management committee
pathology request form
refusal of consent marker
registrable information
7	Sections 23 and 24
omit
8	Section 25 (2)
omit
9	Section 26 (1) (a)
omit
have another smear taken
substitute
undertake cervical screening
10	Section 26 (1) (d) (ii) 
omit
having a cervical smear taken
substitute
undertaking cervical screening
11	Section 26 (2)
omit
12	Section 26 (3)
omit
the woman’s next smear
substitute
the woman’s next cervical screening
13	Section 26 (3) (b)
omit
next smear should be taken
substitute
next screening should be undertaken
14	Section 26 (3) (c)
omit
had a further smear taken
substitute
undertaken further screening
15	New section 26 (7)
insert
	(7)	In this section:
registrable information means the following information about a woman and her cervical smear or cervical tissue:
	(a)	her full name and any previous name;
	(b)	her date of birth;
	(c)	whether she is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person;
	(d)	her postal address;
	(e)	the date the smear or tissue was taken;
	(f)	the identification code of the laboratory that examined the smear or tissue;
	(g)	the identification code of the health practitioner who took the smear or tissue;
	(h)	her test results;
	(i)	for a smear with abnormal test results—
	(i)	the period of time (if any) within which the laboratory that examined the smear has advised the health practitioner who took the smear to take another smear; or
	(ii)	the details of other management recommendations (that is, coloscopy plus biopsy).
screening—see the National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016 (Cwlth), section 4.
16	New section 27 (4)
insert
	(4)	In this section:
pathology request form means a pathology request form requesting a pathological (cytology) examination of a cervical smear or a pathological (histology) examination of cervical material.
17	Division 3.2
omit
18	Dictionary
omit the definitions of
management committee
member
pathology request form
refusal of consent marker
registrable information

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 30 November 2017.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

© Australian Capital Territory 2017