Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 141C

141C .         Immunisation certificates issued or declared by Chief Health Officer

        (1)         The Chief Health Officer may issue an immunisation certificate for a child for the purposes of section 141B if —

            (a)         the Chief Health Officer is —

                  (i)         satisfied that a circumstance prescribed by the regulations is applicable to the child; or

                  (ii)         otherwise satisfied that a special circumstance is applicable to the child;

                and

            (b)         the Chief Health Officer is satisfied that, but for that circumstance, the child’s immunisation status would be up-to-date.

        (2)         An immunisation certificate issued under subsection (1) remains in force for the period specified in the certificate or, if no period is specified, for an indefinite period.

        (3)         The responsible person for a child may apply to the State Administrative Tribunal for a review of a decision by the Chief Health Officer to refuse to issue an immunisation certificate for the child under subsection (1).

        (4)         The Chief Health Officer may, by notice published in the Gazette , declare a document or a class of documents to be an immunisation certificate for the purposes of section 141B.

        [Section 141C inserted: No. 14 of 2019 s. 8.]