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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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