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Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008
143EPeriodic production of immunisation status certificate
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143E Periodic production of immunisation status certificate
(1) The parent of a child who attends an early childhood service must provide to the person in charge of the early childhood service an immunisation status certificate indicating that the child is age appropriately immunised—
(a) within 2 months after the child attains a prescribed age; or
(b) at intervals not exceeding the prescribed period.
(2) The person in charge of an early childhood centre must take reasonable steps to ensure that a parent of a child who attends the early childhood service provides an immunisation status certificate in accordance with subsection (1).
(3) A parent of a child attending an early childhood service is not required to comply with subsection (1) if—
(a) section 143C(1) applies in relation to the child; and
(b) the relevant immunisation status certificate is to be provided during the 16 week period referred to in section 143C(2).