Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN IMMUNISATION REGISTER ACT 2015 - SECT 10A

Relevant vaccination administered in Australia

  (1)   If:

  (a)   a recognised vaccination provider administers a relevant vaccination in Australia; and

  (b)   the relevant vaccination:

  (i)   is of a kind prescribed by the rules; and

  (ii)   is administered in the circumstances prescribed by the rules;

the provider must report, within the period prescribed by the rules and in the manner prescribed by the rules, the information prescribed by the rules for that vaccination for inclusion in the AI Register.

  (2)   Subsection   (1) does not apply if the recognised vaccination provider reasonably believes that complying with that subsection is likely to pose a risk to the health or safety of an individual.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection   (see section   96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).

Relevant vaccination administered outside Australia

  (3)   If:

  (a)   a recognised vaccination provider is given information about a relevant vaccination that was administered outside Australia; and

  (b)   the relevant vaccination:

  (i)   is of a kind prescribed by the rules; and

  (ii)   was administered in the circumstances prescribed by the rules;

the provider must report, within the period prescribed by the rules and in the manner prescribed by the rules, the information prescribed by the rules for that vaccination for inclusion in the AI Register.

  (4)   Subsection   (3) does not apply if the recognised vaccination provider reasonably believes that complying with that subsection is likely to pose a risk to the health or safety of an individual.

Note:   A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in this subsection   (see section   96 of the Regulatory Powers Act).

Civil penalty provision etc.

  (5)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   (1) or (3).

Civil penalty:   30 penalty units.

  (6)   Subsection   93(2) of the Regulatory Powers Act does not apply in relation to a contravention of subsection   (5) of this section.