Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make rules prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the rules ; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act .
(2) To avoid doubt, the rules may not do the following:
(a) create an offence or civil penalty;
(ii) entry, search or seizure;
(d) set an amount to be appropriated from the Consolidated Revenue Fund under an appropriation in this Act;
(e) directly amend the text of this Act .
This Act establishes a register of information about vaccinations.
The purposes of the register relate to supporting Australian vaccination programs, and vaccination matters more broadly.
Sensitive information in the register is protected.
The Australian Immunisation Register is established to keep information about vaccinations of individuals.
The purposes of the register relate to supporting Australian vaccination programs, and vaccination matters more broadly.
Recognised vaccination providers are required to report certain information in relation to certain relevant vaccinations that have been administered. This information will be included in the register.
A recognised vaccination provider may be required to give information, or be given a formal warning, if the provider is not complying, or has not complied, with the requirement to report.
Individuals can opt out from receiving certain information from the register. They can also request for their information in the register not to be disclosed for certain purposes.
Payments relating to vaccinations may be made on behalf of the Commonwealth.
Information can be collected for inclusion in the AI register .
Section 23 makes it an offence if a person, while unauthorised to do so, discloses or uses protected information.
The main authorisation relates to disclosure or use for the purposes of the
register. There are also a number of exceptions to the offence.