Health Legislation Amendment Regulation 2026

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Regulation 2026.

2Regulation amended

This part amends the Hospital and Health Boards Regulation 2023.

3Amendment of sch 7A (Prescribed entities and purposes)

(1)Schedule 7A, item 5—
omit, insert—

5	the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health ABN 92 124 762 027	(a)  collecting data about eligible stroke and transient ischaemic attack patients for use in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry and maintaining the registry
		(b)  collecting data about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease for use in the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry and maintaining the registry

(2)Schedule 7A—
insert—

11

BioGrid Australia Limited ABN 31 136 185 647

collecting data about thoracic surgery for use in the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Thoracic Clinical Quality Registry and maintaining the registry

4Amendment of sch 8 (Agreements)

Schedule 8, part 2—
insert—

17The agreement dated 1 June 2026 called ‘One Health Agreement between the Chief Executive of Queensland Health and the State of Queensland acting through the Department of Primary Industries (Biosecurity Queensland) and the State of Queensland acting through the Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Office of Industrial Relations) and the State of Queensland acting through the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) for the management of Zoonotic Diseases 2026’.

5Regulation amended

This part amends the Medicines and Poisons (Pest Management Activities) Regulation 2021.

6Amendment of s 12 (Application of subdivision)

Section 12—
insert—

(2)However, this subdivision does not apply if the pest control activity—

(a)involves controlling a designated pest that is a mosquito; and

(b)is carried out by a licensed technician in connection with a prevention and control program undertaken by an authorised person under the Public Health Act 2005, chapter 2, part 4.

7Amendment of sch 1, s 21 (Class of person)

Schedule 1, section 21, from ‘to take action’—
omit, insert—

under that Act to take action in relation to a designated pest.

8Replacement of sch 1, s 22 (Pest management activities authorised)

Schedule 1, section 22—
omit, insert—

22Pest management activities authorised

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
	Pest management activities	Fumigants or pesticides	Scope of activity
1	a pest control activity	a pesticide, other than an S7 substance	the pest control activity is carried out, under the Public Health Act 2005— (a)  for treating a designated pest that is a mosquito under a prevention and control program; or (b)  as part of the surveillance of a designated pest that is a mosquito; or (c)  to prevent and control a public health risk posed by a designated pest that is a mosquito

9Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)

(1)Schedule 3, definition vector mosquito—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3—
insert—

designated pest means a designated pest under the Public Health Act 2005.

10Regulation amended

This part amends the Public Health Regulation 2018.

11Insertion of new pt 4, div 1, hdg

Before section 31—
insert—

Division 1 Notifiable conditions and notices about notifiable conditions

12Insertion of new pt 4, div 2, hdg

After section 32—
insert—

Division 2 Disclosure of information in Notifiable Conditions Register

13Insertion of new s 32A

After section 32—
insert—

32ADisclosure of confidential information for purposes relating to health services—Act, s 83

For section 83(b) of the Act, an entity stated in column 1 of the table in schedule 2A is prescribed in relation to disclosure of confidential information for a purpose stated in column 2 of the table opposite the entity.

14Amendment of s 50 (Definitions for part)

Section 50, definition radiological guideline table—
omit.

15Amendment of s 52 (Quality standard for drinking water)

Section 52(6)—
omit, insert—

(6)Each sample of drinking water must not contain gross alpha or gross beta activity concentrations above 0.5 becquerels for each litre.

16Amendment of s 53 (Quality standard for recycled water intended to augment a supply of drinking water)

Section 53(3)—
omit, insert—

(3)Each sample of the water must not contain gross alpha or gross beta activity concentrations above 0.5 becquerels for each litre.

17Insertion of new sch 2A

After schedule 2—
insert—

Schedule 2A Prescribed entities and purposes for notifiable conditions

section 32A

	Column 1	Column 2
	Entity	Purpose
1	the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health ABN 92 124 762 027	collecting data about Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease for use in the Australian National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Registry and maintaining the registry
2	University of New South Wales ABN 57 195 873 179 through its Kirby Institute	collecting data about the human immunodeficiency virus for use in the National HIV Register and maintaining the register

18Amendment of sch 3 (Agreements)

(1)Schedule 3, part 1, division 1, first dot point—
omit.

(2)Schedule 3, part 1, division 2—
insert—

•The agreement dated 1 June 2026 called ‘One Health Agreement between the Chief Executive of Queensland Health and the State of Queensland acting through the Department of Primary Industries (Biosecurity Queensland) and the State of Queensland acting through the Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning (Office of Industrial Relations) and the State of Queensland acting through the Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) for the management of Zoonotic Diseases 2026’.

19Amendment of sch 5A, hdg (Prescribed entities and purposes)

Schedule 5A, heading, after ‘purposes’—
insert—

for perinatal statistics