Terms used
141A Terms used
In this Division —
Australian Immunisation Register means the register called the Australian Immunisation Register kept under the Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015 (Commonwealth) section 8;
child means a person who is under 18 years of age;
current, in relation to an immunisation certificate for a child, means a certificate issued not more than the prescribed period before —
the most recent date of an application for enrolment of the child in a school, community kindergarten or child care service; or
the day on which the certificate is otherwise required to be provided under this Act;
exempt child means a child who is in a class of children prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
immunisation certificate means —
an extract of an entry in the Australian Immunisation Register; or
a certificate issued by the Chief Health Officer under section 141C(1); or
a document declared to be an immunisation certificate under section 141C(4);
immunisation status means the status of —
having been immunised against, or having acquired immunity by infection from, all or specified vaccine preventable notifiable infectious diseases; or
not having been immunised against, and not having acquired immunity by infection from, all or specified vaccine preventable notifiable infectious diseases;
person in charge, of a school, community kindergarten or child care service, means the person who has responsibility for the day‑to‑day management and control of the school, community kindergarten or child care service;
responsible person, in relation to a child, means —
a parent of the child; or
a guardian of the child; or
another person who has responsibility for the day‑to‑day care of the child.
[Section 141A inserted: No. 14 of 2019 s. 8.]
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