Part 1, Section 4 · Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015

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4Definitions#

In this Act:

AI register means the Australian Immunisation Register.

approved form means a form approved under subsection 29(1).

arrangement includes a contract or deed.

Chief Executive Medicare has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973.

civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.

commercial-in-confidence has the meaning given by section 5.

family assistance has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999.

general practitioner has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act 1973.

healthcare identifier has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010.

healthcare identifier information for a person has the meaning given by section 5B.

legal personal representative, of an individual, means:

(a)a parent or guardian of the individual, if the individual is under the age of 18 years; or

(b)a trustee of an estate of the individual, if the individual is under a legal disability; or

(c)a person who holds an enduring power of attorney granted by the individual.

parent: without limiting who is a parent of anyone for the purposes of this Act, a person is the parent of another person if the other person is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.

personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.

prescribed body means a person prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this definition.

protected information means personal information, relevant identifying information or information that is commercial-in-confidence, to the extent that this information:

(a)is obtained under, or in accordance with, this Act; or

(b)is derived from a record of information that was made under, or in accordance with, this Act; or

(c)is derived from a disclosure or use of information that was made under, or in accordance with, this Act.

provider identification information has the meaning given by section 5A.

purposes of the AI register means the purposes set out in section 10.

recognised vaccination provider means:

(a)a general practitioner; or

(b)an individual, or body, endorsed to administer vaccines in Australia, if the endorsement:

(i)is for purposes that include the purposes of the AI register; and

(ii)is by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.

relevant identifying information for an individual means the following:

(a)the individual’s name, contact details, date of birth, gender and Indigenous status;

(b)the individual’s medicare number (within the meaning of Part VII of the National Health Act 1953) (if any);

(c)the individual’s healthcare identifier (if any);

(d)the name and contact details of a legal personal representative of the individual if the individual is incapable of managing his or her health affairs;

(e)any other information of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this definition that identifies the individual.

relevant vaccination means a vaccination administered:

(a)in Australia; or

(b)outside Australia, if information about the vaccination is given to a recognised vaccination provider.

rules means the rules made under section 31.

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department.

vaccine preventable disease means a disease listed as a vaccine preventable disease in the latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook published by the Government Printer.

Note: The Handbook could in 2015 be viewed on the Department’s website (http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/Handbook10-home).

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