Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

HEALTH REGULATION (MATERNAL HEALTH INFORMATION) ACT 1998 NO 62 (REPEALED) - SECT 15

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), the person or persons responsible for the management of an approved facility shall, not later than 3 months after the end of each calendar quarter, provide the Minister with a report setting out prescribed details of—

        (a)     the number of abortions performed at the facility during that year; and

        (b)     the reasons for which abortions were performed; and

        (c)     the ages of the women concerned; and

        (d)     the gestational ages of the foetuses at the time of abortion; and

        (e)     the number of women who had previously had an abortion performed at that facility; and

        (f)     the number of abortions performed at the facility which did not comply with the requirements of section 8 on the grounds of medical emergency; and

        (g)     if any details are reported under paragraph (f)—the kinds of emergencies that caused the requirements of section 8 not to be complied with.

    (2)     A report shall not contain information that would enable a woman on whom an abortion had been performed to be identified.

    (3)     The Minister shall table a copy of a report under this section before the Assembly within 5 sitting days after receiving it.

    (4)     Where a report required by this section is not provided, each person knowingly responsible for the failure commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.

    (5)     Where a report required by this section contains false or misleading information, each person knowingly responsible for the false or misleading information contained in the report commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units.