National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2018
made under section 11 of the
National Health Security Act 2007
Compilation No. 5
Compilation date: 2 December 2022
Includes amendments up to: F2022L01555
Registered: 15 December 2022
About this compilation
This compilation
This is a compilation of the National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2018 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 2 December 2022 (the compilation date).
The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.
Uncommenced amendments
The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Legislation Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments
If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.
Editorial changes
For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.
Modifications
If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on the Legislation Register for the compiled law.
Self‑repealing provisions
If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.
Contents
1 Name
3 Authority
5 Definitions
6 Establishment of the National Notifiable Disease List
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
1 Name
This instrument is the National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2018.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under section 11 of the National Health Security Act 2007.
5 Definitions
In this instrument:
Act means the National Health Security Act 2007.
NEC has the meaning given by subsection 6(2).
6 Establishment of the National Notifiable Disease List
(1) For the purposes of subsection 11(1) of the Act, the following list of diseases (to be called the National Notifiable Disease List) is established:
National Notifiable Disease List |
Item | Disease |
1 | Anthrax |
2 | Australian bat lyssavirus infection |
3 | Barmah Forest virus infection |
4 | Botulism |
5 | Brucellosis |
6 | Campylobacteriosis |
| 7 | Chikungunya virus infection |
| 8 | Chlamydial infection (excluding eye infections) |
| 9 | Cholera |
| 10 | Creutzfeldt‑Jakob disease (CJD)—classical |
| 11 | Creutzfeldt‑Jakob disease—variant (vCJD) |
| 12 | Cryptosporidiosis |
| 13 | Dengue virus infection |
| 14 | Diphtheria |
| 15 | Donovanosis |
| 16 | Flavivirus infection (unspecified)—including Zika virus |
| 17 | Gonococcal infection |
| 17A | Group A streptococcal disease—invasive (iGAS) |
18 | Haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) |
19 | Haemophilus influenzae type b infection—invasive only |
20 | Hepatitis (NEC) |
21 | Hepatitis A |
22 | Hepatitis B |
23 | Hepatitis C |
24 | Hepatitis D |
25 | Hepatitis E |
25A | Human coronavirus with pandemic potential |
26 | Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
| 27 | Influenza—avian influenza in humans |
| 28 | Influenza—laboratory confirmed |
| 29 | Japanese encephalitis virus infection |
| 30 | Legionellosis |
| 31 | Leprosy |
| 32 | Leptospirosis |
| 33 | Listeriosis |
| 34 | Lyssavirus infection (NEC) |
| 35 | Malaria |
| 36 | Measles |
| 37 | Meningococcal disease—invasive |
| 38 | Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‑CoV) infection |
| 38A | Monkeypox virus infection |
| 39 | Mumps |
| 40 | Murray Valley encephalitis virus infection |
| 41 | Psittacosis (ornithosis) |
| 42 | Paratyphoid fever |
| 43 | Pertussis |
| 44 | Plague |
| 45 | Pneumococcal disease—invasive |
| 46 | Poliovirus infection |
| 47 | Q fever |
48 | Rabies |
48A | Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection |
49 | Ross River virus infection |
50 | Rotavirus infection |
51 | Rubella—including congenital and non‑congenital |
52 | Salmonellosis |
53 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) |
54 | Shiga toxin‑producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infection |
55 | Shigellosis |
56 | Smallpox |
| 57 | Syphilis—including congenital and non‑congenital |
| 58 | Tetanus |
| 59 | Tuberculosis |
| 60 | Tularaemia |
| 61 | Typhoid fever |
| 62 | Varicella zoster infection—chickenpox, shingles and unspecified |
| 63 | Viral haemorrhagic fever |
| 64 | West Nile virus infection—including Kunjin virus |
| | 65 | Yellow fever |
| | | |
(2) NEC, in relation to a disease, means not elsewhere classified in the National Notifiable Disease List.
Note: In relation to the disease human coronavirus with pandemic potential:
(a) COVID‑19 is the name given by the World Health Organization to this disease; and
(b) severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is the name given by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses to the virus that causes this disease.
Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
The endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.
The following endnotes are included in every compilation:
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Abbreviation key—Endnote 2
The abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.
Legislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4
Amending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.
The legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.
The amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2003 authorises First Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial and presentational changes to a compiled law in preparing a compilation of the law for registration. The changes must not change the effect of the law. Editorial changes take effect from the compilation registration date.
If the compilation includes editorial changes, the endnotes include a brief outline of the changes in general terms. Full details of any changes can be obtained from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
Misdescribed amendments
A misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.
If a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
ad = added or inserted | o = order(s) |
am = amended | Ord = Ordinance |
amdt = amendment | orig = original |
c = clause(s) | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |
C[x] = Compilation No. x | /sub‑subparagraph(s) |
Ch = Chapter(s) | pres = present |
def = definition(s) | prev = previous |
Dict = Dictionary | (prev…) = previously |
disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | Pt = Part(s) |
Div = Division(s) | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |
ed = editorial change | reloc = relocated |
exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | renum = renumbered |
effect | rep = repealed |
F = Federal Register of Legislation | rs = repealed and substituted |
gaz = gazette | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |
LA = Legislation Act 2003 | Sch = Schedule(s) |
LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | Sdiv = Subdivision(s) |
(md) = misdescribed amendment can be given | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |
effect | SR = Statutory Rules |
(md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) |
cannot be given effect | SubPt = Subpart(s) |
mod = modified/modification | underlining = whole or part not |
No. = Number(s) | commenced or to be commenced |
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Name | Registration | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2018 | 29 Mar 2018 (F2018L00450) | 1 Apr 2018 (s 2(1) item 1) | |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2020 | 10 Feb 2020 (F2020L00111) | 11 Feb 2020 (s 2) | — |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment (Human Coronavirus with Pandemic Potential) Instrument 2020 | 10 Aug 2020 (F2020L01009) | 10 Aug 2020 (s 2(1) item 1) | — |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment (No. 1) Instrument 2021 | 17 June 2021 (F2021L00778) | 1 July 2021 (s 2(1) item 1) | — |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2022 | 1 June 2022 (F2022L00734) | 2 June 2022 (s 2) | — |
National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment (Monkeypox) Instrument 2022 | 1 Dec 2022 (F2022L01555) | 2 Dec 2022 (s 2(1) item 1) | — |
Endnote 4—Amendment history
Provision affected | How affected |
s 2..................... | rep LA s 48D |
s 4..................... | rep LA s 48C |
s 6..................... | am F2020L00111; F2020L01009; F2021L00778; F2022L00734 |
| table item 38A exp end of 1 Dec 2022 (note 2 to s 6) |
| am F2022L01555 |
Schedule 1................ | rep LA s 48C |