{"id":"sl-2024-13","name":"Health Regulation 2024","slug":"health-regulation-2024","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"13 of 2024","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173398,"registerId":"act-sl-2024-13-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Health Regulation 2024","content":"Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nHealth Regulation 2024\nSL2024-13\nmade under the\nHealth Act 1993\nRepublication No 1\nEffective: 10 July 2024\nRepublication date: 10 July 2024\nRegulation not amended\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Health Regulation 2024, made under the Health Act 1993 (including\nany amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force\non 10 July 2024. It also includes any commencement, repeal or expiry affecting this republished\nlaw.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT\nlegislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n• authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n• unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial amendments\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by\nan Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The\nchanges are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into\nline, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the\nsymbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying\nprovision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation\nAct 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an\nindividual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR1\n10/07/24\nHealth Regulation 2024\nEffective: 10/07/24\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nHealth Regulation 2024\nmade under the\nHealth Act 1993\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n2 Authorised midwife not prohibited from supplying or administering\nabortifacient—Act, s 81 (1) (c) (iii) 2\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 3\n2 Abbreviation key 3\n3 Legislation history 4\n\n\n\nR1\n10/07/24\nHealth Regulation 2024\nEffective: 10/07/24\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nHealth Regulation 2024\nmade under the\nHealth Act 1993\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Health Regulation 2024\nEffective: 10/07/24\nR1\n10/07/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Health Regulation 2024.\n2 Authorised midwife not prohibited from supplying or\nadministering abortifacient—Act, s 81 (1) (c) (iii)\n(1) An authorised midwife is prescribed.\n(2) The Legislation Act, section 47 (6) does not apply to the National\nHealth Act 1953 (Cwlth).\nNote The National Health Act 1953 (Cwlth) does not need to be notified under\nthe Legislation Act because s 47 (6) does not apply (see Legislation Act,\ns 47 (7)).\n(3) In this section:\nauthorised midwife—see the National Health Act 1953 (Cwlth),\nsection 84 (1).\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR1\n10/07/24\nHealth Regulation 2024\nEffective: 10/07/24\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law\nbut are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details\nof these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are\nunderlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\n3 Legislation history\npage 4 Health Regulation 2024\nEffective: 10/07/24\nR1\n10/07/24\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nThis regulation was made as part of the Health (Improved Abortion Access)\nAmendment Act 2024 (see A2024-30, s 4 and sch 1) and is taken to have been made\nunder the Health Act 1993 A1993-13 (see A2024-30, s 4 (1)).\nHealth Regulation 2024 SL2024-13\ntaken to have been notified LR 9 July 2024 (A2024-30 s 4 (2) (a))\ns 1 commenced 9 July 2024 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 10 July 2024 (A2024-30 s 4 (2) (b))\n© Australian Capital Territory 2024","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This regulation expands the class of persons expressly not prohibited from supplying or administering abortifacients by prescribing an 'authorised midwife' (s 2(1)), and ties that term to the National Health Act definition (s 2(3)). The regulation was made under the Health (Improved Abortion Access) Amendment Act 2024 (legislation history) and therefore changes the Territory regulation’s scope to include authorised midwives; it also records the non‑application of Legislation Act s 47(6) to the National Health Act (s 2(2))."},"complexity_factors":["Very short, single substantive provision concentrated in s 2 (minimal textual complexity).","Direct cross-reference to a Commonwealth Act for the definition of 'authorised midwife' (s 2(3); National Health Act 1953 s 84(1)) — requires consulting external legislation to know exact scope.","Operative effect depends on interpretation of the parent Act provision (Health Act 1993 s 81(1)(c)(iii)), so understanding requires reading multiple instruments.","Legislation Act non‑application note (s 2(2)) creates a formal notification nuance affecting legal formality rather than substantive duties.","Low administrative discretion: the regulation prescribes a status rather than creating new regulatory powers or procedural rules.","Cross‑jurisdictional interaction (ACT regulation referencing Commonwealth Act) introduces potential coordination or interpretive issues for practitioners and regulators."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this regulation adds an “authorised midwife” to the persons not prohibited from supplying or administering an abortifacient under the Health Act 1993. It also records that a Commonwealth provision (the National Health Act 1953) need not be notified under the Legislation Act. It affects authorised midwives, health providers and patients by changing who may legally provide abortifacients and by tying the term to the National Health Act’s definition, which alters compliance obligations for providers."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: expanding the pool of practitioners who can provide medical abortion care to include authorised midwives. There is no evidence of scope creep; it implements a specific amendment from the Health (Improved Abortion Access) Amendment Act 2024 without expanding into unrelated areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 2 operative sections plus definitions","Single substantive provision (section 2) with straightforward prescription of authorised midwives","Minimal cross-referencing — only references to the parent Health Act 1993, the Commonwealth National Health Act 1953, and the Legislation Act 2001","Simple conditional logic — no nested exceptions or complex triggers","Only 1 defined term ('authorised midwife') which is externally referenced rather than internally defined","Technical but narrow scope — deals with a specific professional authorisation rather than broad regulatory scheme"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation lets authorised midwives in the ACT supply and administer medical abortion medication, a role previously limited to doctors. It affects patients (broader provider options), authorised midwives (new legal authority to provide care) and health services (more flexible workforce deployment). The change aims to improve access to abortion services, especially where doctors are scarce."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-regulation-2024","history":"/api/acts/health-regulation-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-regulation-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-regulation-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-regulation-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-regulation-2024/documents"}}