Western Australian Current Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 90

90 .         Declaration of notifiable infectious diseases

        (1)         The regulations may declare —

            (a)         a disease to be a notifiable infectious disease; or

            (b)         a notifiable infectious disease to be an urgently notifiable infectious disease; or

            (c)         a notifiable infectious disease to be a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease.

        (2)         The Minister may, if he or she considers it to be necessary in the interests of public health because of urgent circumstances, by order declare —

            (a)         a disease to be a notifiable infectious disease; or

            (b)         a notifiable infectious disease to be an urgently notifiable infectious disease; or

            (c)         a notifiable infectious disease to be a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease.

        (3)         A notifiable infectious disease that is declared to be —

            (a)         an urgently notifiable infectious disease may also be declared to be a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease; and

            (b)         a vaccine preventable notifiable infectious disease may also be declared to be an urgently notifiable infectious disease.

        (4)         If there is any conflict or inconsistency between a declaration by the regulations under subsection (1) and a declaration by the Minister under subsection (2), the Minister’s declaration prevails.