18Issue of medical record books

#### 18 Issue of medical record books 18 Issue of medical record books > > (1) The Authority must issue each registered combatant with a medical record book in the form the Authority considers appropriate, including in electronic form. > > > (2) A medical record book may contain 1 or more medical record cards in the approved form. > > > (3) The Authority may, but is not required to, issue a medical record book to a registered combatant who has an equivalent record issued in accordance with, or recognised under, the law of another State or Territory or another country. > > > (4) In any such case where a medical record book is not issued, the equivalent record is taken to be the medical record book of the registered combatant for the purposes of this Act and the regulations. > > **s 18:** Am 2024 No 16, Sch 1\[22\].