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Cancer Amendment (HPV) Bill 2008
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
General
This Bill amends the Cancer Act 1958 by extending the definition of
"cancer test" in section 59(1) to include a test for a precursor to cancer.
This amendment will enable reports of tests for precursors to cancer, such as
the human papilloma virus, to be forwarded to an organisation that maintains
a prescribed register.
Clause Notes
Clause 1 sets out the main purpose of the Act.
Clause 2 is the commencement provision. It provides for the Act to come
into operation on the day after the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
Clause 3 amends the definition of "cancer test" in section 59(1) of the
Cancer Act 1958 to include a test for a precursor to cancer.
Clause 4 ensures that references to "cancer" in sections 62(4), 62(5)(c) and
62(9)(b) of the Cancer Act 1958 also apply to "precursors to
cancer". The amendment to section 62(4) of the Cancer Act
1958 makes it clear that persons undergoing cancer tests
specifically in relation to precursors to cancer are able to object
to a report being forwarded under section 62 of the Cancer Act
1958. The amendment to section 62(5)(c) of the Cancer Act
1958 ensures that persons studying precursors to cancer are
given access to the prescribed register under section 62(5).
The amendment to section 62(9)(b) of the Cancer Act 1958
confirms that the regulation-making power of the Governor in
Council with respect to access to a prescribed register by persons
studying cancer also extends to persons studying precursors to
cancer.
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Clause 5 provides that this Act is repealed on the first anniversary of its
commencement. The repeal of this Act does not affect in any
way the operation of the amendments made by this Act (see
section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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