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Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Proclamation 2012

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This is a formal order by the Governor-General that sets 29 June 2012 as the day when Schedule 1 of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012 comes into force.

What it means:

The action: It "flips the switch" to activate legal changes made by the Act.
Who is affected: Government health agencies, healthcare providers, and Medicare — all of whom needed to implement the new electronic health records system (now known as My Health Record).
Why it matters: Without this proclamation, the legal amendments would remain inactive on the statute books. This document is the trigger that makes the consequential amendments operational, allowing the national digital health infrastructure to begin functioning.

The proclamation was signed on 28 June 2012, meaning the laws took effect just one day later.

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Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Proclamation 2012

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Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Proclamation 2012

Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under item 2 of the table in subsection 2 (1) of the Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012, fix 29 June 2012 as the day on which Schedule 1 to that Act commences.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 28 June 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

TANYA PLIBERSEK

Minister for Health

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Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Proclamation 2012

Personally Controlled Electronic Health Records (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 28 June 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE Governor-General

By Her Excellency’s Command

TANYA PLIBERSEK

Minister for Health