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3 June 2013
In the 2013-14 Budget, released on 14 May 2013, the Australian Government announced its decision to establish a national patient contact register for implantable devices, and two clinical quality registers for breast implants and cardiac devices.
The Government had previously prepared a Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) to support an in-principle decision to develop clinical registers for high [...]
Continue reading Clinical Registers for High Risk Implantable Medical Devices – Implementation Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Health and Ageing
24 May 2013
On 21 May 2013, the Department of Health and Ageing issued a revised Australian Code of Good Manufacturing Practice for human blood and blood components, human tissues and human cellular therapy (HCT) products.
The proposed update seeks to improve the safety and quality of HCT products supplied in Australia. The update intends to align manufacturing requirements [...]
Continue reading Revision of the Australian Code of Good Manufacturing Practice for human blood and blood components, human tissues and human cellular therapy products – Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Health and Ageing
20 May 2013
On 29 April 2010, the then Prime Minister announced a one-off increase of 25 per cent to the excise and excise‑equivalent customs duty applying to tobacco products. The increase was intended to progress recommendations of the National Preventative Health Strategy Report and the Australia’s Future Tax System Review in reducing the affordability of tobacco products.
A [...]
Continue reading 25 per cent Tobacco Excise Increase–Post-implementation Review–Treasury
4 January 2013
On 20 April 2012 the Prime Minister and the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing announced a package of significant reforms to the way in which aged care is provided and funded in Australia. A Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) was prepared by the Department of Health and Ageing and assessed as adequate by the Office [...]
Continue reading Aged Care Reform Accommodation Payments – Regulation Impact Statement Addendum – Department of Health and Ageing
17 December 2012
On 7 December 2012, the Australian and New Zealand ministers responsible for the regulation of food agreed to enact new laws requiring the country of origin to be displayed on unpackaged beef, lamb and poultry to address consumer interest in this information.
A business will be able to comply with the new requirements by displaying a [...]
Continue reading Country of Origin Labelling for Unpackaged Meat – COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation
17 December 2012
On 7 December 2012, the Australian and New Zealand ministers responsible for the regulation of food agreed to enact new laws in early 2013 that regulate the way food nutrition and health related claims can be made.
The new laws set standards for the use of the nutritional content claims (e.g. ‘low fat’) and health claims [...]
Continue reading Food Nutrition and Health Related Claims – COAG Decision Regulation Impact Statement – Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation
16 November 2012
On 9 November 2012, the Department of Health and Ageing made regulations adopting a new sunscreen standard. The new standard allows products to be labelled with a sun protection factor (SPF) rating of up to SPF 50+, compared with the previous standard which limited claims to SPF 30+. The new sunscreen standard also requires greater [...]
Continue reading Australian and New Zealand Sunscreen Standard AS/NZS 2604:2012 – Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Health and Ageing
2 October 2012
On 13 September 2012, the Government response to the Senate Inquiry report on the regulatory standards for the approval of medical devices in Australia was tabled in the Senate. The Government has agreed in-principle to the development of clinical registers for high risk implantable medical devices.
Patients with a high risk implantable medical device that may [...]
Continue reading Clinical Registers for High Risk Implantable Medical Devices – Regulation Impact Statement – Department of Health and Ageing
31 August 2012
On 17 August 2012, a COAG Consultation Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) on strategies to implement a national approach to poisonous chemical controls was released by the Standing Council on Health (SCoH). The Consultation RIS examines options to improve national consistency of poisonous chemical regulation, as set out in the Standard for Uniform Scheduling of Medicines [...]
Continue reading Strategies to Implement a National Approach to Poisonous Chemical Controls – COAG Consultation Regulation Impact Statement – Standing Council on Health
24 August 2012
On 27 April 2012, the Standing Council on Health meeting as the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council approved new general registration standards for optometrists. Currently, optometrists are not required to hold qualifications in ocular therapeutics to be registered. However, this will become mandatory from 1 December 2014, with grandfathering provisions for existing optometrists.
The Council of [...]
Continue reading Non-compliance with COAG best practice regulation requirements – Registration requirements for optometrists – Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council
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Overview. Best Practice Regulation Updates publishes information about regulatory decisions announced by the Australian Government, and by COAG and Ministerial Councils, including Regulation Impact Statements (RIS), the OBPR’s RIS assessments, when a Prime Minister’s exemption has been granted and Post-implementation Reviews.
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