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PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATION 2012 - NOTES

- Made under the Public Health Act 2010 - As at 24 May 2022 - Reg 311 of 2012

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Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted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 Regulation 2012 (311). LW 6.7.2012. Date of commencement, cll 15, 19, 20 and 34 and Sch 1 excepted, 1.9.2012, cl 2 (1); date of commencement of cll 15, 19 and 20 and Sch 1, 1.3.2013, cl 2 (2); date of commencement of cl 34, 1.9.2014, cl 2 (3). This Regulation has been amended by this Regulation, cl 99B(2) and as follows--

2012 (351) Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions) Regulation 2012. LW 3.8.2012.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(659) Public Health Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2012. LW 21.12.2012.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2013 105 Cemeteries and Crematoria Act 2013. Assented to 27.11.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.6 [1[#93] and [5[#93]-[7[#93], 1.11.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (678) LW 24.10.2014; date of commencement of Sch 6.6 [2[#93]-[4[#93] and [8[#93], 25.6.2018, sec 2 and 2018 (274) LW 22.6.2018.
(726) Public Health Amendment (Vaccination of Children Attending Child Care Facilities) Regulation 2013. LW 20.12.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, cl 2.
2014 (566) Public Health Amendment (Nursing Homes) Regulation 2014. LW 29.8.2014.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2015 (557) Public Health Amendment (Contact Tracing) Regulation 2015. LW 18.9.2015.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(590) Public Health Amendment (Prescribed Notification) Regulation 2015. LW 2.10.2015.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2016 (78) Public Health Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2016. LW 19.2.2016.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(411) Public Health Amendment (Correctional Centres) Regulation 2016. LW 1.7.2016.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(428) Public Health Amendment (Corresponding Interstate Prohibition Orders) Regulation 2016. LW 8.7.2016.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(751) Public Health Amendment (Pap Test Register) Regulation 2016. LW 9.12.2016.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2017 (152) Public Health Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2017. LW 21.4.2017.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
No 43 Public Health Amendment (Review) Act 2017. Assented to 20.9.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 50 Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2017. Assented to 24.10.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.29, 8.1.2018, sec 2 and 2017 (666) LW 1.12.2017.
(649) Public Health Amendment (Reporting) Regulation 2017. LW 24.11.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1[#93], 1.12.2017, cl 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 1 [2[#93], [3[#93] and [6[#93], on publication on LW, cl 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 1 [4[#93] and [5[#93], 1.4.2018, cl 2 (3).
(677) Public Health Amendment (Legionella Control--Testing) Regulation 2017. LW 1.12.2017.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2018, cl 2.
2018 (176) Public Health Amendment (Disclosure of Information on Former Pap Test Register) Regulation 2018. LW 27.4.2018.
Date of commencement, 1.5.2018, cl 2.
(234) Public Health Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2018. LW 1.6.2018.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
No 25 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, Sch 1.21.
(387) Public Health Amendment (Quality Assurance Programs for Drinking Water Suppliers) Regulation 2018. LW 20.7.2018.
Date of commencement, 1.10.2018, cl 2.
(427) Public Health Amendment (Legionella Control) Regulation 2018. LW 10.8.2018.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(783) Public Health Amendment (Exhumations) Regulation 2018. LW 21.12.2018.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2019 (130) Public Health Amendment (Exemption from Vaccination Requirements) Regulation 2019. LW 28.2.2019.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(343) Public Health Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2019. LW 19.7.2019.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2020 (109) Public Health Amendment (Penalty Notices) Regulation 2020. LW 25.3.2020.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(145) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation 2020. LW 9.4.2020.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(237) Public Health Amendment (Authorised Officers) Regulation 2020. LW 3.6.2020.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(320) Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions--Silicosis) Regulation 2020. LW 26.6.2020.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(372) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation (No 2) 2020. LW 3.7.2020.
Date of commencement, 7.7.2020, cl 2.
(392) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Border Control) Regulation 2020. LW 8.7.2020.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(465) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Border Control--Transiting ACT Residents) Regulation 2020. LW 12.8.2020.
Date of commencement, 13.8.2020, cl 2.
(576) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation (No 3) 2020. LW 25.9.2020.
Date of commencement, 25.9.2020, cl 2.
(597) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Border Control) Regulation (No 2) 2020. LW 2.10.2020.
Date of commencement, 2.10.2020, cl 2.
No 30 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 2.33, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3).
(728) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation (No 4) 2020. LW 16.12.2020.
Date of commencement, 17.12.2020, cl 2.
(748) Public Health Amendment (Scheduled Medical Conditions--Asbestosis) Regulation 2020. LW 18.12.2020.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
2021 (1) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Regulation 2021. LW 2.1.2021.
Date of commencement, 3.1.2021, cl 2.
(106) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation 2021. LW 12.3.2021.
Date of commencement, 12.3.2021, cl 2.
(120) Public Health Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2021. LW 19.3.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(164) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Regulation (No 2) 2021. LW 31.3.2021.
Date of commencement, 1.4.2021, cl 2.
(251) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Spitting and Coughing) Regulation (No 2) 2021. LW 28.5.2021.
Date of commencement, 28.5.2021, cl 2.
(326) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Regulation (No 3) 2021. LW 25.6.2021.
Date of commencement, 26.6.2021, cl 2.
(401) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2021. LW 21.7.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(432) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Regulation (No 4) 2021. LW 30.7.2021.
Date of commencement, 30.7.2021, cl 2.
(441) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation (No 2) 2021. LW 11.8.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(452) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation (No 3) 2021. LW 16.8.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(474) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Delta Outbreak) Regulation 2021. LW 21.8.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, cl 2.
(522) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation (No 4) 2021. LW 6.9.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.
(562) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2021. LW 24.9.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.
(595) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation (No 5) 2021. LW 8.10.2021.
Date of commencement, 11.10.2021, sec 2.
(625) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation (No 6) 2021. LW 27.10.2021.
Date of commencement, 27.10.2021, sec 2.
(719) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences--Air Transportation Quarantine) Regulation 2021. LW 1.12.2021.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.
(735) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation (No 7) 2021. LW 3.12.2021.
Date of commencement, 4.12.2021 at 10pm, sec 2.
2022 (9) Public Health Amendment (Rapid Antigen Tests) Regulation 2022. LW 19.1.2022.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.
(53) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2022. LW 24.2.2022.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2. Amended by Public Health Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation (No 2) 2022 (52). LW 24.2.2022. Date of commencement, immediately before the commencement of the Public Health Amendment (COVID-19) Regulation 2022, Sch 1[3[#93], sec 2.
(63) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Penalty Notice Offences) Regulation 2022. LW 2.3.2022.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.
(242) Public Health Amendment (COVID-19 Air and Maritime Arrivals) Regulation 2022. LW 24.5.2022.
Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Cl 3 Am 2016 (411), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Part 2 Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 4 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [2[#93]. Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 5 Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 6 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [3[#93]; 2017 (152), cl 3 (1); 2018 (234), cl 3 (1). Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 7 Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 8 Am 2012 (659), Sch 1 [1[#93]; 2016 (78), Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2017 (677), cl 3 (1). Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 9 Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 9A Ins 2017 (677), cl 3 (2). Rep 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 10 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [6[#93]. Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cll 11-13 Subst 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cll 13A-13C Ins 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 13D Ins 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93]. Am 2019 (343), cl 3 (1).
Cll 13E-13Y Ins 2018 (427), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 21 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [7[#93]; 2017 (649), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Part 5, Div 1 (heading) Ins 2018 (387), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 34 Subst 2018 (387), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Part 5, Div 2 (cll 34A-34F) Ins 2018 (387), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Part 5, Div 3 (heading) Ins 2018 (387), Sch 1 [2[#93].
Cl 35 Am 2018 (387), Sch 1 [3[#93].
Cl 37 Am 2015 (590), cl 3; 2020 (320), cl 3; 2020 (748), cl 3.
Cl 39A Ins 2012 (351), cl 3.
Cl 39B Ins 2012 (351), cl 3. Subst 2015 (557), Sch 1.
Cl 39C Ins 2015 (557), Sch 1.
Cl 40 Am 2017 (649), Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93].
Cl 42 Subst 2013 (726), Sch 1 [1[#93]. Am 2017 (649), Sch 1 [4[#93].
Cl 42A Ins 2013 (726), Sch 1 [1[#93].
Cl 43 Am 2013 (726), Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2017 (649), Sch 1 [5[#93].
Cl 44 Am 2013 (726), Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2017 (649), Sch 1 [5[#93].
Cl 44A Ins 2013 (726), Sch 1 [6[#93]. Am 2017 No 43, Sch 2 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2017 (649), Sch 1 [5[#93]; 2019 (130), cl 3.
Part 7, Div 2A (cll 44B, 44C) Ins 2016 (411), Sch 1 [2[#93].
Cl 46 Am 2016 (411), Sch 1 [3[#93].
Cl 49 Am 2013 No 105, Sch 6.6 [1[#93].
Cl 53 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [8[#93].
Cl 54 Am 2021 (562), sec 3(1).
Cl 68 Rep 2013 No 105, Sch 6.6 [2[#93].
Cl 70 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [9[#93]; 2017 (152), cl 3 (2); 2018 (234), cl 3 (2); 2018 (783), cl 3 (1); 2019 (343), cl 3 (2).
Cl 71 Am 2018 (783), cl 3 (2).
Cl 73 Am 2012 (659), Sch 1 [2[#93].
Cl 81 Am 2012 (659), Sch 1 [3[#93]; 2016 (78), Sch 1 [10[#93] [11[#93].
Cl 82 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [12[#93] [13[#93].
Cl 84 Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [14[#93]-[16[#93].
Cl 86 Rep 2013 No 105, Sch 6.6 [3[#93].
Cl 87 Rep 2013 No 105, Sch 6.6 [4[#93].
Cl 89 Am 2013 No 105, Sch 6.6 [5[#93]-[7[#93].
Cl 90 Rep 2013 No 105, Sch 6.6 [8[#93].
Cl 93 Am 2020 No 30, Sch 2.33.
Cl 93A Ins 2016 (78), Sch 1 [17[#93]. Am 2016 (428), cl 3; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.29 [1[#93].
Cl 93B Ins 2016 (751), cl 3. Am 2018 (176), cl 3 (1) (2).
Cl 93C Ins 2016 (751), cl 3. Am 2018 (176), cl 3 (3) (4).
Cl 93D Ins 2017 (649), Sch 1 [6[#93].
Cl 95A Ins 2014 (566), cl 3.
Cl 99 Am 2017 No 50, Sch 5.29 [2[#93] [3[#93].
Cl 99A Ins 2020 (237), cl 3. Am 2021 (120), cl 3(1); 2021 (562), sec 3(2); 2022 (53), Sch 1[1[#93] [2[#93].
Cl 99B Ins 2021 (562), sec 3(3). Rep 2012 (311), cl 99B(2).
Sch 3 Am 2012 (659), Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.29 [4[#93]-[8[#93].
Sch 4 Am 2018 (427), Sch 1 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2020 (109), cl 3; 2020 (145), cl 3; 2020 (372), cl 3; 2020 (392), cl 3; 2020 (465), cl 3; 2020 (576), cl 3; 2020 (597), cl 3; 2020 (728), cl 3; 2021 (1), cl 3; 2021 (106), cl 3; 2021 (120), cl 3(2) (3); 2021 (164), cl 3; 2021 (251), cl 3; 2021 (326), cl 3; 2021 (401), cl 3(1) (2); 2021 (432), cl 3; 2021 (441), cl 3; 2021 (452), cl 3(1) (2); 2021 (474), cl 3; 2021 (522), sec 3; 2021 (562), sec 3(4); 2021 (595), sec 3; 2021 (625), sec 3; 2021 (719), sec 3; 2021 (735), sec 3; 2022 (9), sec 3; 2022 (53), Sch 1[3[#93] (am 2022 (52), sec 3) [4[#93]; 2022 (63), sec 3; 2022 (242), sec 3.
The whole Regulation Am 2016 (78), Sch 1 [1[#93] ("Director-General" and "Director-General's" omitted wherever occurring, "Secretary" and "Secretary's" inserted instead, respectively); 2018 No 25, Sch 1.21 ("water-cooling" omitted wherever occurring, "cooling water" inserted instead).


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