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Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Act 2015
No. 157, 2015
An Act to amend the law in relation to healthcare identifiers, electronic health records and other information relating to health, and for related purposes
Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedules Schedule 1—Healthcare identifiers and health records Part 1—Amendments Copyright Act 1968 Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 Privacy Act 1988 Part 2—Rule‑making powers, application and transitional provisions Schedule 2—Renaming PCEHR as My Health Record Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010 Health Insurance Act 1973 National Health Act 1953 Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 Schedule 3—Renaming consumers as healthcare recipients Health Insurance Act 1973 National Health Act 1953 Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 Schedule 4—Further consequential amendments Part 1—Amendments relating to the Legislation Act 2003 Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records Act 2012 Part 2—Amendments relating to delegations Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Act 2015 No. 157, 2015
An Act to amend the law in relation to healthcare identifiers, electronic health records and other information relating to health, and for related purposes
[Assented to 26 November 2015]
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment (eHealth) Act 2015.
2 Commencement (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
Commencement information Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Provisions Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 26 November 2015 2. Schedules 1, 2 and 3 The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. 27 November 2015 3. Schedule 4, item 1 The later of: 5 March 2016 (a) immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2; and (paragraph (b) applies) (b) the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Acts and Instruments (Framework Reform) Act 2015. 4. Schedule 4, items 2 and 3 Immediately after the commencement of the provisions covered by table item 2. 27 November 2015
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