Health Act 1911

Health (Section 335 (5) (D) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998

 

Health (Section 335 (5) (D) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Form of s.335 (5) (d) abortion notice1

Schedule 1

Notes

Provisions that have not come into operation4

 

Health Act 1911

Health (Section 335 (5) (D) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Health (Section 335 (5) (d) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998.

2.Form of s.335 (5) (d) abortion notice

A notice given by a medical practitioner under section 335 (5) (d) of the Act is to be in the form of Form 1 in Schedule 1.

 

Schedule 1

[r. 2]

FORM 1

 

Health Act 1911

Health (Section 335(5)(d) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998

Notification by Medical Practitioner of Induced Abortion

To Executive Director, Public Health1

 

Under section 335 (5) (d) of the Health Act 1911 I,..............................................,

[please print full name]

 

provide notice2 of an abortion, which I performed, at:...........................................

[address where procedure performed]

on....................................................

[date of abortion]

 

1.Gestational age at date of abortion (best estimate):......................weeks

 

2.Method of termination: (tick one or more)

Vacuum aspiration (suction curettage)o

Dilatation and curettage (sharp)o

Dilatation and evacuationo

Vaginal prostaglandin or analogue instillationo

Other (specify)..........................................................o

 

3.Reason for termination of pregnancy: (tick one)

Reason other than fetal abnormalityo

Suspected fetal abnormalityo

Actual fetal abnormalityo

specify if known............................................

Selective reduction of multiple pregnancyo

 

4.Patient’s age (last birthday):.......................................years

 

5.Origin of patient

Aboriginal but not Torres Strait Islander origino

Torres Strait Islander but not Aboriginal origino

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origino

Neither Aboriginal nor Torres Strait Islander origino

Not stated o

6.Postcode of residence of patient:....................................

 

Signature.........................................

[Signature of Medical Practitioner]

 

Executive Director, Public Health, PO Box 8172, Stirling Street, Perth, Perth 6849

2 As required by section 335(5)(d) of the Health Act 1911 notice must be given within 14 days of the abortion being performed.

 

Forward completed form (top copy) to Executive Director, Public Heath

Duplicate (yellow copy) to be retained by medical practitioner

[Schedule 1 amended in Gazette 22 Oct 2001 p. 5629-30.]

Notes

1.This is a compilation of the Health (Section 335 (5) (d) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998 and includes the amendments referred to in the following Table 1a.

Compilation table

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Health (Section 335 (5) (d) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998

5 Jun 1998 p. 3048-9

5 Jun 1998

Health (Section 335(5)(d) Abortion Notice) Amendment Regulations 2001

22 Oct 2001 p. 5629-30

22 Oct 2001

 

1aOn the date as at which this compilation was prepared, provisions referred to in the following table had not come into operation and were therefore not included in this compilation. For the text of the provisions see the endnotes referred to in the table.

Provisions that have not come into operation

Citation

Gazettal

Commencement

Health Regulations Amendment (Public Health) Regulations 2016 Pt. 21 2

10 Jan 2017 p. 237‑308

24 Jan 2017 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Jan 2017 p. 165)

2On the date as at which this compilation was prepared, the Health Regulations Amendment (Public Health) Regulations 2016 Pt. 21 had not come into operation. It reads as follows:

 

Part 21 — Health (Section 335 (5) (D) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998 amended

75.Regulations amended

This Part amends the Health (Section 335 (5) (D) Abortion Notice) Regulations 1998.

76.Schedule 1 amended

In Schedule 1 Form 1:

(a)delete “Health Act 1911” and insert:

 

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911

 

(b)delete “Executive Director, Public Health” and insert:

 

Chief Health Officer

 

(c)delete “section 335 (5) (d) of the Health Act 1911” and insert:

 

the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 335(5)(d)

 

(d)delete “Executive Director, Public Health,” and insert:

 

Chief Health Officer,

 

(e)delete “section 335(5)(d) of the Health Act 1911” and insert:

 

the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 section 335(5)(d)

 

(f)delete “Executive Director, Public Heath” and insert:

 

Chief Health Officer