Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Division
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Australian Immunisation Register means the
register called the Australian Immunisation Register kept under the
Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015 (Commonwealth) section 8;
child means a person who is under 18 years of age;
current , in relation to an immunisation
certificate for a child, means a certificate issued not more than the
prescribed period before —
(a) the
most recent date of an application for enrolment of the child in a school,
community kindergarten or child care service; or
(b) the
day on which the certificate is otherwise required to be provided under this
Act;
exempt child means a child who is in a class of
children prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
immunisation certificate means —
(a) an
extract of an entry in the Australian Immunisation Register; or
(b) a
certificate issued by the Chief Health Officer under section 141C(1); or
(c) a
document declared to be an immunisation certificate under section 141C(4);
immunisation status means the status of —
(a)
having been immunised against, or having acquired immunity by infection from,
all or specified vaccine preventable notifiable infectious diseases; or
(b) not
having been immunised against, and not having acquired immunity by infection
from, all or specified vaccine preventable notifiable infectious diseases;
person in charge , of a school, community
kindergarten or child care service, means the person who has responsibility
for the day-to-day management and control of the school, community
kindergarten or child care service;
responsible person , in relation to a child, means
—
(a) a
parent of the child; or
(b) a
guardian of the child; or
(c)
another person who has responsibility for the day-to-day care of the child.
[Section 141A inserted: No. 14 of 2019 s. 8.]
[Heading inserted: No. 14 of 2019 s. 8.]