PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - As at 1 September 2023 - Act 127 of 2010 - NOTES
PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2010 - As at 1 September 2023 - Act 127 of 2010 - NOTES
Does not include amendments by--
Water Industry Competition
Amendment
(Review) Act 2014 No 57 (not commenced)
Water Industry Competition Amendment Act 2021
No
26 (not commenced)
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Public Health Act 2010 No 127. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement, secs 25 (1) and (3) and 35 excepted, 1.9.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012; date of commencement of sec 25 (1) and (3), 1.9.2014, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012; date of commencement of sec 35, 1.3.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012. This Act has been amended by this Act, sec 135(1) and (2) and as follows--2011 | No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2011. Assented to 27.6.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 2.43, 8.7.2011, sec 2 (2). |
No 70 | Children (Education and Care
Services)
Supplementary Provisions Act 2011. Assented to 28.11.2011. Date of commencement, 1.1.2012, sec 2 and 2011 (689) LW 23.12.2011. | |
2012 | (198) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order
2012. LW 18.5.2012. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. |
(569) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order (No
2) 2012. LW 23.11.2012. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
2013 | No 46 | Public Health Amendment
(Vaccination
of Children Attending Child Care Facilities) Act
2013. Assented to 25.6.2013. Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2. |
(560) | Public Health Amendment (Middle
East Respiratory Syndrome
Coronavirus) Order 2013. LW 27.9.2013. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
No 95 | Civil and Administrative
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013. Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2. | |
No 111 | Statute Law
(Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013. Assented to 3.12.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
2014 | (268) | Public Health Amendment (HIV
Infection) Order
2014. LW 23.5.2014. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. |
No 33 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2014. Assented to 24.6.2014. Date of commencement of Sch 2.31, 4.7.2014, sec 2 (1). | |
(677) | Public Health Amendment (Viral
Haemorrhagic Fevers) Order
2014. LW 21.10.2014. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
2015 | No 15 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2015. Assented to 29.6.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, 8.7.2015, sec 2 (1). |
(591) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order
2015. LW 2.10.2015. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
No 38 | Health Legislation Amendment
Act
2015. Assented to 2.11.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 4 [1[#93]-[3[#93] [7[#93] and [8[#93], assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 4 [4[#93]-[6[#93], 1.2.2016, sec 2 (2) (a) and 2016 (13), LW 15.1.2016. | |
2016 | (67) | Public Health Amendment (Blood Lead
Notification Level) Order
2016. LW 12.2.2016. Date of commencement, 22.2.2016, cl 2. |
(132) | Public Health Amendment (Blood Lead
Notification Level) Order
(No 2) 2016. LW 18.3.2016. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
No 27 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2016. Assented to 7.6.2016. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1). | |
2017 | (129) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order
2017. LW 7.4.2017. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. |
No 17 | Crown Land Legislation Amendment
Act
2017. Assented to 17.5.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018. | |
No 22 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2017. Assented to 1.6.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3). | |
No 25 | Electronic Transactions
Legislation
Amendment (Government Transactions) Act 2017. Assented to 27.6.2017. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
No 43 | Public Health Amendment (Review)
Act
2017. Assented to 20.9.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1[#93]-[3[#93] [20[#93]-[22[#93] [49[#93]-[55[#93] [57[#93] and [58[#93], assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93] [7[#93]-[11[#93] [14[#93]-[19[#93] [23[#93]-[31[#93] [33[#93]-[37[#93] [42[#93]-[46[#93] [56[#93] and [59[#93], 1.4.2018, sec 2 (2) and 2017 (643) LW 24.11.2017; date of commencement of Sch 1 [6[#93] [12[#93] and [13[#93], 1.12.2017, sec 2 (2) and 2017 (643) LW 24.11.2017; date of commencement of Sch 1 [32[#93], 28 days after assent, sec 2 (3); date of commencement of Sch 1 [38[#93]-[41[#93], 1.1.2018, sec 2 (2) and 2017 (643) LW 24.11.2017; date of commencement of Sch 1 [47[#93] and [48[#93], 1.5.2018, sec 2 (2) and 2018 (166) LW 27.4.2018. | |
No 50 | Health Practitioner
Regulation
Amendment Act 2017. Assented to 24.10.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 5.28, 8.1.2018, sec 2 and 2017 (666) LW 1.12.2017. | |
2018 | No 22 | Health Legislation Amendment Act
(No
2) 2018. Assented to 30.5.2018. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
No 25 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, Sch 1.20; date of commencement of Sch 5.34, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1). | |
No 26 | Public Health Amendment (Safe
Access
to Reproductive Health Clinics) Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
(644) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions and
Notifiable Diseases) Order 2018. LW 16.11.2018. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
No 70 | Government Sector Finance
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 4.88, 1.7.2023, sec 2(1) and 2023 (91) LW 2.3.2023. | |
2019 | (93) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order
2019. LW 22.2.2019. Date of commencement, 28.2.2019, cl 2. |
2020 | (17) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions and
Notifiable Diseases) Order 2020. LW 21.1.2020. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. |
(107) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions and
Notifiable Diseases) Order (No 2) 2020. LW 20.3.2020. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
No 1 | COVID-19 Legislation
Amendment
(Emergency Measures) Act 2020. Assented to 25.3.2020. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
No 5 | COVID-19 Legislation
Amendment
(Emergency Measures--Miscellaneous) Act 2020. Assented to 14.5.2020. Date of commencement of Sch 1.26, assent, sec 2(1). | |
(296) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order
2020. LW 22.6.2020. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020. Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 1.39, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3). | |
No 32 | Health Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act
2020. Assented to 27.10.2020. Date of commencement of Sch 6, assent, sec 2(1). | |
(749) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions) Order (No
2) 2020. LW 18.12.2020. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2. | |
2021 | No 4 | COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities
and Health)
Act 2021. Assented to 24.3.2021. Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, assent, sec 2(1). |
No 13 | Mandatory Disease Testing
Act
2021. Assented to 17.6.2021. Date of commencement, 29.7.2022, sec 2 and 2022 (411) LW 29.7.2022. | |
2022 | No 6 | Health Legislation (Miscellaneous) Amendment
Act
2022. Assented to 24.3.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
(241) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions and
Notifiable Diseases) Order 2022. LW 20.5.2022. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2. | |
(470) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions and
Notifiable Diseases) Order (No 2) 2022. LW 19.8.2022. Date of commencement, 1.9.2022, sec 2. | |
No 41 | Health Legislation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act (No
2)
2022. Assented to 4.10.2022. Date of commencement of Sch 8, assent, sec 2(b). | |
2023 | (442) | Public Health Amendment (Scheduled
Medical Conditions and
Notifiable Diseases) Order 2023. LW 11.8.2023. Date of commencement, 1.9.2023, sec 2. |
Table of amendments
Sec 3 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [1[#93]. |
Sec 4 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
Sec 5 | Am 2015 No 38, Sch 4 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.80 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [4[#93]-[6[#93]; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.28 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2018 No 25, Sch 1.20 [1[#93]; 2020 No 32, Sch 6[1[#93]. |
Sec 5A | Ins 2017 No 17, Sch 4.80 [4[#93]. |
Sec 7 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [1[#93]. |
Sec 10A | Ins 2020 No 30, Sch 1.39. |
Part 2A (secs 12A, 12B) | Ins 2018 No 22, Sch 5 [1[#93]. |
Sec 25 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [7[#93]-[9[#93]. |
Sec 26 | Am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.20 [2[#93]. |
Sec 28 | Am 2015 No 38, Sch 4 [4[#93]. |
Sec 29 | Am 2015 No 38, Sch 4 [5[#93]. |
Sec 30 | Am 2015 No 38, Sch 4 [6[#93]. |
Sec 31 | Am 2018 No 25, Sch 1.20 [3[#93]. |
Sec 34 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [10[#93]-[12[#93]. |
Sec 39A | Ins 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [13[#93]. |
Sec 48 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [2[#93]. |
Sec 49 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [3[#93]. |
Sec 51 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [14[#93] [15[#93]. |
Sec 53 | Rep 2020 No 5, Sch 1.26[1[#93]. |
Sec 54 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [16[#93] [17[#93]. |
Sec 55 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [18[#93] [19[#93]. |
Sec 56 | Am 2016 No 27, Sch 2.37; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [20[#93]-[22[#93]; 2021 No 13, Sch 2.3. |
Sec 61 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [23[#93]; 2020 No 32, Sch 6[2[#93]-[6[#93]. |
Sec 62 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [24[#93]-[28[#93]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.26[2[#93]; 2022 No 6, Sch 1.6[1[#93] [2[#93]. |
Sec 63 | Am 2010 No 127, sec 135(1); 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [29[#93]; 2020 No 1, Sch 2.16[1[#93]; 2021 No 4, Sch 1.23[1[#93]. |
Sec 64 | Am 2010 No 127, sec 135(1); 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [4[#93]-[7[#93]; 2014 No 33, Sch 2.31; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [30[#93]; 2020 No 1, Sch 2.16[2[#93]; 2021 No 4, Sch 1.23[1[#93]. |
Sec 65 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [8[#93]. |
Sec 66 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [9[#93] [10[#93]. |
Sec 67 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [11[#93]. |
Sec 68 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [31[#93]. |
Sec 69 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [12[#93]. |
Sec 71 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [13[#93]. |
Sec 71A | Ins 2020 No 1, Sch 2.16[3[#93]. Am 2021 No 4, Sch 1.23[1[#93]. Rep 2010 No 127, sec 135(1). |
Sec 73 | Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [14[#93]. |
Sec 76 | Rep 2013 No 95, Sch 2.121 [15[#93]. |
Sec 79 | Subst 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [32[#93]. Am 2022 No 6, Sch 1.6[3[#93]. |
Sec 83 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [33[#93]. |
Sec 85 | Am 2011 No 70, Sch 2.12; 2013 No 46, Sch 1 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [34[#93]-[36[#93]. |
Sec 86 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [37[#93]. |
Sec 87 | Subst 2013 No 46, Sch 1 [4[#93]. Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [38[#93]-[41[#93]. |
Sec 88 | Am 2013 No 46, Sch 1 [5[#93]; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [42[#93]-[45[#93]. |
Part 6, heading | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [46[#93]. |
Part 6, Div 1 | Rep 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [47[#93]. |
Sec 89 | Am 2013 No 111, Sch 1.8. Rep 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [47[#93]. |
Part 6, Divs 2, 3 (secs 90-96) | Rep 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [47[#93]. |
Part 6, Div 4, heading | Rep 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [48[#93]. |
Sec 97 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [49[#93] [50[#93]. |
Sec 98 | Am 2015 No 15, Sch 1.21; 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [50[#93]-[52[#93]; 2020 No 5, Sch 1.26[3[#93] [4[#93]. |
Part 6A (secs 98A-98F) | Ins 2018 No 26, Sch 1. |
Part 7, Div 2, heading | Am 2020 No 32, Sch 6[7[#93]. |
Sec 100 | Am 2017 No 50, Sch 5.28 [3[#93]; 2020 No 32, Sch 6[8[#93]-[10[#93]. |
Part 7, Div 3, heading | Am 2020 No 32, Sch 6[11[#93]. |
Sec 101 | Am 2015 No 38, Sch 4 [7[#93] [8[#93]; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.28 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2018 No 22, Sch 5 [2[#93]; 2020 No 32, Sch 6[12[#93]-[14[#93]. |
Sec 102 | Am 2017 No 50, Sch 5.28 [6[#93]; 2020 No 32, Sch 6[15[#93] [16[#93]. |
Sec 103 | Am 2017 No 50, Sch 5.28 [6[#93]; 2020 No 32, Sch 6[17[#93] [18[#93]. |
Sec 106 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [53[#93] [54[#93]. |
Sec 108 | Am 2022 No 41, Sch 8[1[#93] [2[#93]. |
Sec 112 | Am 2010 No 127, sec 135(2); 2020 No 1, Sch 2.16[4[#93]; 2021 No 4, Sch 1.23[1[#93]. |
Sec 117 | Am 2020 No 32, Sch 6[19[#93] [20[#93]. |
Sec 118 | Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.61. Am 2010 No 127, sec 135(2); 2020 No 1, Sch 2.16[5[#93]; 2021 No 4, Sch 1.23[1[#93]. |
Sec 127A | Ins 2022 No 41, Sch 8[3[#93]. |
Sec 129A | Ins 2020 No 5, Sch 1.26[5[#93]. |
Sec 130A | Ins 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [55[#93]. |
Sec 131 | Am 2017 No 25, Sch 1.28 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
Sec 131A | Ins 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [56[#93]. Subst 2018 No 70, Sch 4.88. |
Sec 132 | Am 2018 No 22, Sch 5 [3[#93]. |
Sec 134 | Am 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [57[#93]. |
Sec 135 | Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. Ins 2021 No 4, Sch 1.23[2[#93]. Am 2022 No 6, Sch 1.6[4[#93] [5[#93]. |
Sec 136 | Subst 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [58[#93]. |
Sch 1 | Am 2012 (198), cl 3 (1)-(3); 2012 (569), cl 3; 2013 (560), cl 3 (1); 2014 (268), cl 3; 2014 (677), cl 3 (1) (2); 2015 (591), cl 3 (1); 2016 (67), cl 3; 2016 (132), cl 3; 2017 (129), cl 3; 2018 (644), cl 3 (1); 2019 (93), cl 3; 2020 (17), cl 3(1); 2020 (107), cl 3(1) (2); 2020 (296), cl 3(1) (2); 2020 (749), cl 3; 2022 (241), sec 3(1); 2022 (470), sec 3; 2023 (442), sec 3(1) (2). |
Sch 1A | Ins 2017 No 43, Sch 1 [59[#93]. Am 2020 (17), cl 3(2); 2020 (107), cl 3(3) (4); 2023 (442), sec 3(3). |
Sch 2 | Am 2013 (560), cl 3 (2); 2015 (591), cl 3 (2); 2018 (644), cl 3 (2); 2020 (17), cl 3(3); 2020 (107), cl 3(5) (6); 2022 (241), sec 3(2). |
Sch 3 | Am 2018 No 25, Sch 5.34. |
Sch 4 | Am 2011 No 27, Sch 2.43. Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C. |
Sch 5 | Am 2018 No 22, Sch 5 [4[#93]; 2022 No 41, Sch 8[4[#93]. |
Sch 6 | Am 2013 No 46, Sch 1 [6[#93]. |
The whole Act | Am 2015 No 38, Sch 4 [1[#93] ("Director-General" and "Director-General's" omitted wherever occurring, "Secretary" and "Secretary's" inserted instead, respectively). |