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Legislation Reference Network

The Legislators' Tool Kit

The Legislators’ Tool Kit is intended as an information resource to support national public health legislative review activities, and to assist public health legislators and policy makers.

As new products for the Tool Kit become available they will be added to this site. Other documents relevant to the site can be found under Publications.

Tool Kit Products

• Emergency Powers and Cross-Jurisdictional Issues Regarding Outbreaks of Communicable Diseases [PDF, 891kb]
• Health Impact Assessment. Legislative and Administrative Framework 2005.
• Principles to be Considered when Developing Best Practice Legislation for the Management of Infected Persons who Knowingly Place Others at Risk - December 2003.
• The Role of Local Government in Public Health Regulation Endorsed AHMAC March 2002.
• A Summary of Public Health Laws of Relevance to Remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Endorsed AHMAC March 2002.
• Regulation of Infection Control in the Body Art Industry in Australia and New Zealand - A Summary – January 2002.
• Workshop on the Application of Risk Management Principles in Public Health Law – 27 March 2001 – Summary Report, September 2001.
• The Application of Risk Management Principles in Public Health Law (November 2000).
• Notifiable Diseases and Notification Mechanisms – November 2000 Endorsed AHMAC November 2000.
• National Response to Passive Smoking in Enclosed Public Places and Workplaces.
• Model Provisions for the Certification of Immunisation Status on School and Child Care Entry – June 2000.
• Implementation Options for National Legislative Schemes in Public Health – 1999.

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