Epidemiological Studies (Confidentiality) Regulation 1992

This regulation is the Epidemiological Studies (Confidentiality) Regulation 1992.

For the Act, dictionary, definition of prescribed study paragraph (b), the Territory epidemiological study known as the Feasibility Research into the Controlled Availability of Opioids, being the study—

in relation to the feasibility of a trial of providing opioids in a controlled manner to users of opioids in the ACT; and

that is conducted jointly by the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health and the Australian Institute of Criminology; and

that began in May 1991;

is declared to be a study to which the Act applies.

In subsection (1):

opioid means—

opium; or

a drug that has a morphine-like pharmacological effect, being a synthetic or semisynthetic drug or an opium derivative.

For the Act, dictionary, definition of prescribed study, paragraph (b), the Territory epidemiological study known as Parenting in the Socio-cultural Context of Illicit Drug or Harmful Alcohol Use that—

relates to the parenting ideas and practices of different groups of women, including illicit drug users; and

is conducted by the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health; and

began in September 1998;

is declared to be a study to which the Act applies.

For the Act, dictionary, definition of prescribed study, paragraph (b), the Territory epidemiological study known as An Evaluation of an Intervention Program to Combat Child Abuse and Neglect and to Provide Health Promotion for Children of Drug Users that—

relates to—

the factors responsible for the incidence and distribution of child abuse among drug users; and

the effectiveness of a program to combat child abuse and neglect by drug users and to provide health promotion for the children of drug users; and

is conducted by the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health; and

began in December 1998;

is declared to be a study to which the Act applies.

For the Act, dictionary, definition of prescribed study, paragraph (b), the scientific trial for the Supervised Injecting Place Trial Act 1999 and a study that is part of or ancillary to the trial are declared to be studies to which the Act applies.

For the Act, dictionary, definition of prescribed study, paragraph (b), the Territory epidemiological study, known as the opiate program (TOP), in which the opioid treatment index is applied to give aggregate data that produce measures of prevalence and distribution of opioid dependence, is declared to be a study to which the Act applies.

For the Act, dictionary, definition of prescribed study, paragraph (b), Pill testing in the ACT: Pilot evaluation is declared to be a study to which the Act applies.

In this section:

Pill testing in the ACT: Pilot evaluation means the Territory epidemiological study that—

relates to—

the conduct of a trial of pill testing at a music festival; and

an evaluation of the impact of the trial on people and the community; and

is conducted by the Research School of Population Health, Australian National University; and

began in April 2019.