Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions)

The Act is the companion machinery law for the Australian Centre for Disease ControlThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it. Act 2025: it changes existing Commonwealth laws so public health responsibilities can move to the new Australian CDCThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it. and its Director-GeneralThe head of the Australian CDC. This Act gives that office selected responsibilities under existing biosecurity, national health security and occupational respiratory disease laws..

Under the Biosecurity Act 2015 changes, the Director-GeneralThe head of the Australian CDC. This Act gives that office selected responsibilities under existing biosecurity, national health security and occupational respiratory disease laws. of the Australian CDCThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it. becomes responsible for determining listed human diseases and giving human-health risk assessments for import risk analysis, while the Director of Human BiosecurityA Biosecurity Act role that manages many human biosecurity powers. This Act moves that role from the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer to the Health Secretary, while transferring selected technical decisions to the CDC Director-General. role moves from the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer to the Health Secretary.

Under the National Health Security Act 2007 changes, the Australian CDCThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it. takes over key national surveillance roles, including coordination of National Notifiable Disease ListThe list of diseases for national public health surveillance. This Act moves key responsibilities for coordinating data and advising on changes to the Australian CDC Director-General. data, the National Focal PointAustralia's contact point for significant public health events under the International Health Regulations. This Act transfers the role to the Australian CDC Director-General. role for significant public health events and the Security Sensitive Biological Agents regulatory scheme.

The Act moves responsibility for the National Occupational Respiratory Disease RegistryA registry that collects information about occupational respiratory diseases to support prevention and targeted interventions. This Act moves responsibility for it to the Australian CDC Director-General. from the Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer to the Australian CDCThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it. Director-GeneralThe head of the Australian CDC. This Act gives that office selected responsibilities under existing biosecurity, national health security and occupational respiratory disease laws..

It adds Australian CDCThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it. protected information to Schedule 3 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982, making that protected information exempt under section 38, and repeals the Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010.

The transitional rules move relevant records and documents to the Australian CDCThe national public health body created by the companion Australian Centre for Disease Control Act 2025. This Act moves selected existing public health responsibilities to it., preserve employment arrangements for affected staff, and allow time-limited transitional rules that cannot create offences, arrest or search powers, taxes, appropriations or direct textual amendments.