Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) The CEO is to keep
a register to be known as the Cervical Screening Register.
(2) The Register is to
contain —
(a) a
compilation of results, or copies of results, of cervical cancer
tests —
(i)
forwarded under regulation 9 (before it was deleted
by the Health Regulations Amendment (Cervical Screening Register)
Regulations 2018 regulation 7); or
(ii)
disclosed to the CEO by the officer in charge of a
corresponding register in accordance with the law of the Commonwealth or the
State or Territory in which that register is established;
and
(b)
other information forwarded to the CEO under regulation 10A.
(3) The register is to
be kept for the following purposes —
(a) to
reduce the number of illnesses and deaths caused by, or related to, cervical
cancer;
(b) to
reduce the number of cervical cancer cases;
(c) to
plan, monitor and evaluate services for the prevention and alleviation of
cervical cancer and the care of persons with cervical cancer or its precursors
in Western Australia;
(d) to
compile and publish general statistical information relating to cervical
cancer and screening for cervical cancer;
(e) to
carry out research into the causes of cervical cancer and the effectiveness of
prevention, screening and treatment services.
[Regulation 5 inserted: Gazette
23 May 2014 p. 1632-3; amended: Gazette 10 Apr 2018
p. 1248.]