4Definitions

#### 4 Definitions In this Act: > AI register means the Australian Immunisation Register. > approved form means a form approved under subsection 29(1). > arrangement includes a contract or deed. > Chief Executive Medicare has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973. > civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act. > commercial‑in‑confidence has the meaning given by section 5. > family assistance has the same meaning as in the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999. > general practitioner has the same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act 1973. > healthcare identifier has the same meaning as in the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010. > healthcare identifier information for a person has the meaning given by section 5B. > legal personal representative, of an individual, means: (a) a parent or guardian of the individual, if the individual is under the age of 18 years; or (b) a trustee of an estate of the individual, if the individual is under a legal disability; or (c) a person who holds an enduring power of attorney granted by the individual. > parent: without limiting who is a parent of anyone for the purposes of this Act, a person is the parent of another person if the other person is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975. > personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988. > prescribed body means a person prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this definition. > protected information means personal information, relevant identifying information or information that is commercial‑in‑confidence, to the extent that this information: (a) is obtained under, or in accordance with, this Act; or (b) is derived from a record of information that was made under, or in accordance with, this Act; or (c) is derived from a disclosure or use of information that was made under, or in accordance with, this Act. > provider identification information has the meaning given by section 5A. > purposes of the AI register means the purposes set out in section 10. > recognised vaccination provider means: (a) a general practitioner; or (b) an individual, or body, endorsed to administer vaccines in Australia, if the endorsement: (i) is for purposes that include the purposes of the AI register; and (ii) is by the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. > Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014. > relevant identifying information for an individual means the following: (a) the individual’s name, contact details, date of birth, gender and Indigenous status; (b) the individual’s medicare number (within the meaning of Part VII of the National Health Act 1953) (if any); (c) the individual’s healthcare identifier (if any); (d) the name and contact details of a legal personal representative of the individual if the individual is incapable of managing his or her health affairs; (e) any other information of a kind prescribed by the rules for the purposes of this definition that identifies the individual. > relevant vaccination means a vaccination administered: (a) in Australia; or (b) outside Australia, if information about the vaccination is given to a recognised vaccination provider. > rules means the rules made under section 31. > Secretary means the Secretary of the Department. > vaccine preventable disease means a disease listed as a vaccine preventable disease in the latest edition of the Australian Immunisation Handbook published by the Government Printer. > Note: The Handbook could in 2015 be viewed on the Department’s website (http://www.immunise.health.gov.au/internet/immunise/publishing.nsf/Content/Handbook10‑home).