Australian Immunisation Register Amendment (National Immunisation Program Vaccines) Rules 2021

Dated 29 June 2021

Greg Hunt

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

Schedule 1—Amendments                                                                                                                          2

Australian Immunisation Register Rule 2015                                                                                  2

1  Name

                   This instrument is the Australian Immunisation Register Amendment (National Immunisation Program Vaccines) Rules 2021.

2  Commencement

             (1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

             (2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015.

4  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Australian Immunisation Register Rule 2015

1  Section 4

Insert:

national immunisation program vaccine means a vaccine provided under section 9B of the National Health Act 1953.

Note:          In 2021, the vaccines that are authorised to be provided, and the circumstances in which those vaccines are authorised to be provided, under section 9B of the National Health Act 1953 are specified in the National Health (Immunisation Program — Designated Vaccines) Determination 2014 (No.1).

specified national immunisation program vaccine means a national immunisation program vaccine other than a vaccine for influenza or Q fever.

2  Subparagraph 9(a)(ii)

Omit “influenza; and”, substitute “influenza;”.

3  At the end of paragraph 9(a)

Add:

                            (iii)  a relevant vaccination of a person with a specified national immunisation program vaccine; and

4  Subparagraph 9(b)(ii)

Omit “2021; and”, substitute “2021; or”.

5  At the end of paragraph 9(b)

Add:

                            (iii)  for a relevant vaccination of a person with a specified national immunisation program vaccine—on or after 1 July 2021; and