National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2020

I, Professor Brendan Murphy, Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer, make the following Instrument.

Dated 6th February 2020    

Professor Brendan Murphy

Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Schedules

Schedule 1—Amendments

National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2018

1  Name

  This instrument is the National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2020.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences the day after this instrument is registered.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under subsection 12(1) of the National Health Security Act 2007.

4  Schedules

  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended 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

National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Instrument 2018

1  Section 6

After Item 25 in the table to subsection 6(1), insert:

2  After section 6

Insert:

Note: Human coronavirus with pandemic potential ceases to be on the National Notifiable Disease List at the end of the period of 6 months after the National Health Security (National Notifiable Disease List) Amendment Instrument 2020 took effect due to subsection 12(4) of the National Health Security Act 2007.