additional notification information has the meaning given by subsection 12(3).
approved form means a form approved under section 29.
Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes every external Territory.
Australian Centre for Disease Control means the Australian Centre for Disease Control established by section 7 of the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025.
civil penalty provision has the same meaning as in the Regulatory Powers Act.
commercial‑in‑confidence has the meaning given by section 9.
Commonwealth authority means a Commonwealth entity within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
contracted service provider means a person who is engaged under an agreement in force under section 30.
Director‑General of the CDC means the Director‑General of the Australian Centre for Disease Control appointed under section 10 of the Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025.
enforcement body means any of the following:
(a) the Australian Federal Police;
(b) the National Anti‑Corruption Commissioner (within the meaning of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022);
(c) the Australian Crime Commission;
(d) the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
enforcement related activity has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
entity means any of the following:
(a) a person;
(b) a partnership;
(c) any other unincorporated association or body;
(d) a trust;
(e) a part of another entity (under a previous application of this definition).
healthcare means a health service within the meaning of subsection 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988.
minimum notification information has the meaning given by subsection 12(2).
National Registry means the National Occupational Respiratory Disease Registry established under section 11.
non‑prescribed occupational respiratory disease means an occupational respiratory disease that is not a prescribed occupational respiratory disease.
occupational respiratory disease means a medical condition associated with an individual’s respiratory system that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated, in whole or in part, by the individual’s work or workplace.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
personal representative, of an individual, means:
(a) a parent or guardian of the individual, if the individual is incapable of managing the individual’s health affairs; 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.
prescribed medical practitioner means a medical practitioner of a kind prescribed by the rules.
prescribed occupational respiratory disease means an occupational respiratory disease prescribed by the rules.
protected information means personal information, workplace identifying information or information that is commercial‑in‑confidence, to the extent that the information is:
(a) included in the National Registry or obtained under, or in accordance with, this Act; or
(b) derived from a record of information that was included in the National Registry or was obtained under, or in accordance with, this Act; or
(c) derived from a disclosure or use of information that was included in the National Registry or was obtained under, or in accordance with, this Act.
purposes of the National Registry means the purposes set out in section 13.
registration authority means an entity that is responsible under a law for registering members of a particular health profession.
Regulatory Powers Act means the Regulatory Powers (Standard Provisions) Act 2014.
relevant State or Territory authority means a State or Territory authority that:
(a) has functions in relation to, or that is responsible for or deals with, occupational health and safety in the State or Territory; or
(b) has functions in relation to, or that is responsible for or deals with, health in the State or Territory; or
(c) is prescribed by the rules.
research:
(a) means research relating to occupational respiratory diseases; and
(b) includes research relating to the causes, incidence, prevalence, nature, extent and trends of occupational respiratory diseases.
respiratory disease‑causing agents means agents such as dusts, gases, fumes, vapours, mists, fungi and fibres that can cause or contribute to an occupational respiratory disease.
rules means rules made under subsection 33(1).
State or Territory authority has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
State or Territory Health Minister means the State or Territory Minister who is responsible, or principally responsible, for matters relating to health in the State or Territory.
workplace identifying information:
(a) means information about an identified, or reasonably identifiable, workplace; and
(b) includes information that identifies, or could be used to identify, an employer or business.