16Duty of attendant at birth or death, &c., to provide required information

16 Duty of attendant at birth or death, &c., to provide required information

(1)  In this section –

attendant means –

(a) [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2006, Sched. 3, Applied:01 Oct 2011] if the birth or death occurs in an establishment, the licensee of the establishment; or

(b) [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 1997, Sched. 4, Applied:01 Jul 1997] if the birth or death occurs in a public hospital, the Secretary or, where the Secretary has delegated his or her functions as attendant under this section to another person, that other person; or

(c) [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2006, Sched. 3, Applied:01 Oct 2011] if the birth occurs elsewhere than in an establishment or a public hospital –

(i) the midwife or person performing the duties of midwife in attendance on the mother at the time of the birth; or

(ii) [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] where there is no midwife or person performing the duties of midwife in attendance on the mother at the time of the birth, the medical practitioner in attendance; or

(iii) [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 3 of 2010, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2010] where there is no midwife, person performing the duties of midwife or medical practitioner in attendance on the mother at the time of the birth –

(A) [Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 17 of 2006, Sched. 3, Applied:01 Oct 2011] if the mother or child is admitted to an establishment or a public hospital because of the birth, the person specified in paragraph (a) or (b) ; or