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PERINATAL REGISTRY AMENDMENT BILL 27 OF 2005

                                      TASMANIA

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               PERINATAL REGISTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2005
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                                      CONTENTS
          1.       Short title
          2.       Commencement
          3.       Principal Act
          4.       Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
          5.       Section 6 amended (Functions of Council)




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             PERINATAL REGISTRY AMENDMENT BILL 2005
              (Brought in by the Minister for Health and Human Services,
                      the Honourable David Edward Llewellyn)

                                    A BILL FOR

            An Act to amend the Perinatal Registry Act 1994


            Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
            and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
            House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:



                1. Short title
                         This Act may be cited as the Perinatal Registry
                         Amendment Act 2005.


                2. Commencement
                         This Act commences on the day on which this
                         Act receives the Royal Assent.


                3. Principal Act
                         In this Act, the Perinatal Registry Act 1994* is
                         referred to as the Principal Act.




       *No. 31 of 1994

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       4. Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
                Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by
                omitting the definition of "maternal death" and
                substituting the following definitions:

                  "late maternal death" means the death of a
                       woman more than 42 days but less than
                       one year after the cessation of
                       pregnancy ­

                          (a)   resulting from an obstetric cause
                                or another cause aggravated by an
                                obstetric cause; and

                          (b)   irrespective of the duration of the
                                pregnancy and the location of the
                                foetus within the woman's body;

                  "maternal death" means the death of a
                      woman while pregnant, or within 42 days
                      after the cessation of pregnancy ­

                          (a)   from any cause related to, or
                                aggravated by, the pregnancy or
                                its management; and

                          (b)   irrespective of the duration of the
                                pregnancy and the location of the
                                foetus within the woman's body;


       5. Section 6 amended (Functions of Council)
                Section 6(a) of the Principal Act is amended as
                follows:

                  (a)   by omitting from subparagraph (i)
                        "maternal" and substituting "maternal,
                        late maternal";
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        (b)   by omitting from subparagraph (ii) "14"
              and substituting "17".




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