Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Part:
"Australian immunisation encounter" means the immunisation in Australia (using a vaccine of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of immunisation ) of a child against a vaccine preventable disease by a recognised immunisation provider.
"Australian Immunisation Handbook" means the latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook published by the Government Printer.
Note: For the meaning of the Government Printer see paragraph 17(n) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
"authorised" , in relation to a person to whom information may be given in accordance with paragraph 46E(1)(e), means a person who is authorised under subsection 46E(2).
"child" means a child under the age of 7 years.
"foreign immunisation encounter" means the process of administering to a child, for the purpose of immunising a child, a vaccine against a vaccine preventable disease if that process occurs outside Australia.
"immunisation" means the process of administering to a child for the purpose of immunising the child:
(a) a vaccine that is registered under section 17 of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 ; or
(b) a vaccine that is:
(i) exempt goods within the meaning of that Act; or
(ii) approved under section 19 of that Act; or
(c) a vaccine that is administered outside Australia.
(a) information relating to a child's Australian immunisation encounter; and
(b) information relating to a child's foreign immunisation encounter.
"information relating to a child's Australian immunisation encounter" includes the name and address of the child immunised, the date and nature of the immunisation of the child and the identity and address of the provider of the immunisation and particulars of the immunisation provided by the provider, but:
(a) in paragraphs 46E(1)(a) and (b)--does not include information as to the address of the child or of a parent or guardian of the child; and
(b) in paragraphs 46E(1)(d) and (e)--does not include information about the child or a parent or guardian of the child, if the parent or guardian, or another person exercising responsibilities in relation to the health of the child, has told the Medicare Australia CEO in writing that he or she does not wish to be notified when the child needs to be immunised.
"information relating to a child's foreign immunisation encounter" includes an interpretation of information relating to a foreign immunisation encounter of a child if the interpretation is provided by a recognised immunisation provider or a prescribed body.
"parent" : without limiting who is a parent of a child for the purposes of this Part, a person is the parent of a child if the child is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975 .
"prescribed body" means a body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this Part.
"purpose relating to the immunisation or health of children" means any of the following purposes:
(a) the recording of information about the immunisation of children;
(b) the recording of information about recognised immunisation providers;
(c) the use of information so recorded to determine:
(i) if a particular child has been immunised and, if so, when the last immunisation took place and the diseases against which the child was immunised; or
(ii) when a particular child needs to be immunised;
(d) the notification to a parent or guardian of a child, or to another person exercising responsibilities in relation to the health of a child, as to when the child needs to be immunised.
"recognised immunisation provider" means a person who is recognised by the Medicare Australia CEO as a provider of immunisation to children.
"the Register" means the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register kept under section 46B.
"vaccine preventable disease" means a disease listed as a vaccine preventable disease in the Australian Immunisation Handbook.