Northern Territory of Australia
Government GazetteISSN-0157-8324
No. G9 2 March 2016
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Northern Territory Government Gazette No. G9, 2 March 2016
Northern Territory of Australia
Heritage Act
Provisional Declaration of Heritage Place
I, David William Tollner, Minister for Lands and Planning, under section 37(2) of the
Heritage Act, provisionally declare the place described in the Schedule, known as the
Kulaluk Lease Area, to be a heritage place.
Dated 10 February 2016
D. W. TollnerMinister for Lands and Planning
Schedule
All that area of land and sea partly within the Towns of Darwin and Nightcliff in the
Darwin Region in the Northern Territory of Australia, containing an area of
301.69 hectares or thereabouts being Lot 8630 in Coconut Grove and Lot 5182 in
Ludmilla, more particularly delineated on survey plans S77/93 A to C, lodged with the
Surveyor-General, to be a heritage place.
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Northern Territory of Australia
Control of Roads Act
Proposal to Open Road
I, Craig Leslie Sandy, Surveyor-General, under section 18 of the Control of Roads Act:
(a) give notice of a proposal to open a road through part NT Portions 3671 and 2255 in
accordance with Survey Plan No. S2015/184 and as shown on the map in the
Schedule; and
(b) advise the adjoining owner is as follows:
i) NT Portion 7203
Lindsay and Bettina MacFarlane
ii) NT Portion 7204
T.F.S. Properties Ltd
iii) NT Portion 3859
Mataranka Aboriginal Land Trust
iv) NT Portions 3671, 2255 and 3069
NT Land Corporation
Dated 12 February 2016
C. L. SandySurveyor-General
Notes
Survey Plan No S2015/184 may be inspected at the office of the Surveyor-General, Arnhemica House, Parap, Road, Parap.
Under section 20 of the Act, a person may object to the proposal by serving notice on the Minister. The notice must:
(a) be served personally or by post within 28 days from the later of the publication of this notice in the Gazette or a local newspaper; and
(b) state the grounds for objections.
Postal objections may be served on the Minister for Lands, Planning and the Environment, GPO Box 1680, Darwin NT 0801.
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Northern Territory of Australia
Control of Roads Act
Proposal to Open Road
I, Craig Leslie Sandy, Surveyor-General, under section 18 of the Control of Roads Act:
(c) give notice of a proposal to open a road through part Sections 1725 and
2643 Hundred of Strangways in accordance with Survey Plan No. S2015/211 and
as shown on the map in the Schedule; and
(d) advise the adjoining owner is as follows:
v) Lot 4163 Hundred of Strangways
Litchfield Shire Council
vi) Lot 1725 Hundred of Strangways
Crown c/- Department of Lands, Planning and the Environment
vii) Lot 2643 Hundred of Strangways
Crown c/- Department of Lands, Planning and the Environment
viii) Lot 4106 Hundred of Strangways
Humpty Doo Developments
Dated 12 February 2016
C. L. SandySurveyor-General
Notes
Survey Plan No S2015/211 may be inspected at the office of the Surveyor-General, Arnhemica House, Parap, Road, Parap.
Under section 20 of the Act, a person may object to the proposal by serving notice on the Minister. The notice must:
(a) be served personally or by post within 28 days from the later of the publication of this notice in the Gazette or a local newspaper; and
(b) state the grounds for objections.
Postal objections may be served on the Minister for Lands, Planning and the Environment, GPO Box 1680, Darwin NT 0801.
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Northern Territory of Australia
Dangerous Goods Regulations
Approval of Periods for Purchasing, Possessing andThrowing, Igniting or Exploding Shopgoods Fireworks
I, Peter Donald Styles, Minister for Business:
(a) under regulation 139 of the Dangerous Goods Regulations, approve the period
of time from 9 am to 9 pm on Friday 1 July 2016 as a period during which a
person may purchase shopgoods fireworks; and
(b) under regulation 140(1) of the Regulations and with reference to
regulation 140A(1) of the Regulations:
(i) approve the period of time from 9 am on Friday 1 July 2016 to 12 noon
on Saturday 2 July 2016 as a period during which a person may possess
shopgoods fireworks, subject to the condition that this approval does not
apply to the place specified in the Schedule; and
(ii) approve the period of time from 6 pm to 11 pm on Friday 1 July 2016 as
a period during which a person may throw, ignite or explode shopgoods
fireworks, subject to the condition that this approval does not apply to the
place specified in the Schedule.
Dated 17 February 2016
P. D. StylesMinister for Business
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Schedule
All that parcel of land at Mindil Beach in the Town of Darwin, Northern Territory of
Australia bounded by lines described as follows:
Commencing at the intersection of the north-westerly prolongation of the north-eastern
boundary of Lot 5244 with the Low Water Mark of Fannie Bay; thence south-easterly
by the said prolongation and boundary and its south-easterly prolongation to the
north-easterly prolongation of the north-western boundary of Lot 5257; thence
south-westerly to the northern corner of the said Lot; thence south-easterly by its
north-eastern boundary to a north-western boundary of Gilruth Avenue; thence
generally north-easterly by the said boundary to intersect parallel of
south latitude 12 degrees 26 minutes 33.9 seconds, being a point on the centreline of
a stormwater drain exiting under Gilruth Avenue; thence generally north-westerly by
the centreline of the said drain to intersect a south-western boundary of Lot 5670;
thence north west by the said boundary to the Low Water Mark of Fannie Bay; thence
generally south-westerly by the said Low Water Mark to the point of commencement,
the position of Low Water Mark referred to being as at Lowest Astronomical Tide.
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Northern Territory of Australia
Youth Justice Act
Appointment of Superintendent of Youth
Detention Centres
I, Mark Leonard Payne, Acting Commissioner of Correctional Services, under
section 151(1) of the Youth Justice Act, appoint Victor Arnold Charles Williams as the
superintendent for each youth detention centre specified in the Schedule, on and from
15 February 2016.
Dated 15 February 2016
M. L. PayneActing Commissioner of Correctional Services
Schedule
Alice Springs Youth Detention Centre
Don Dale Youth Detention Centre
Youth Justice Court Youth Detention Centre (TCG Centre)
Northern Territory of Australia
Weeds Management Act
Appointment of Weed Management Officer
I, Alastair John Shields, Chief Executive Officer of the Department of Land Resource
Management, as the delegate for the Minister for Land Resource Management, under
section 24(1) of the Weeds Management Act, appoint Jace Ralph Emberg to be a
weed management officer.
Dated 17 February 2016
A. J. ShieldsChief Executive Officer
Department of Land Resource Management
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Northern Territory of Australia
Motor Vehicles Act
Exemption from Motor Vehicles (Standards) RegulationsRear Overhang Exemption for Controlled Access Buses
I, Paul Nathan Rajan, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to section 59(2) of the
Motor Vehicles Act, exempt a Controlled Access Bus, as described in the Schedule,
from the requirements of Rule 70(4) of Schedule 6 of the Motor Vehicles
(Standards) Regulations subject to the following conditions:
a) The rear overhang of a Controlled Access Bus must not be more than the lesser
of:
i. 4.9 metres; and
ii. 70% of the distance between the centre-line of the front axle and the rear
overhang line.
b) The Controlled Access Bus must be fitted with an approved identification plate as
described in the Schedule.
ScheduleControlled Access Bus means a bus, except an articulated bus, which is:
i. over 12.5 metres long; and
ii. not longer than 14.5 metres.
Identification Plate means a plate declaring the status of a road vehicle in relation to
the national standards and approved to be placed on vehicles of that type or description
under procedures and arrangements provided for in subsection 10(1) of the
Motor Vehicle Standards Act 1989 (Commonwealth).
Dated this 9 day of February 2016
P. N. RajanRegistrar of Motor Vehicles
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Northern Territory of Australia
Motor Vehicles Act
Exemption from Motor Vehicles (Standards) RegulationsMass Exemption for Two Axle Buses
I, Paul Nathan Rajan, Registrar of Motor Vehicles, pursuant to section 59(2) of the
Motor Vehicles Act, exempt a bus as described in the Schedule, from the requirements
of Regulation 7(b) of the Motor Vehicles (Standards) Regulations subject to the following
conditions:
a) The gross vehicle mass must not exceed the lesser of:
i. 18 tonnes; and
ii. the bus manufacturer’s Gross Vehicle Mass rating.
b) The mass on an axle of the vehicle must not be more than:
i. for a steer axle with single tyres – 7 tonnes; and
ii. for a rear drive axle with dual tyres – 12 tonnes.
c) The vehicle must be operated within the limitations of each manufacturer’s
component rating.
ScheduleA bus means a two axle omnibus that:
i. has a single steer axle with single tyres;
ii. has a single rear (drive) axle with dual tyres;
iii. has more than 9 seating positions (including that of the driver); and
iv. is being used primarily for the transport of passengers.
Dated this 9 day of February 2016
P. N. RajanRegistrar of Motor Vehicles
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Police Administration Act
Sale of Goods
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Section 166 of the Police Administration Act, the following property as shown on the attached schedule has been in the possession of the Officer in Charge, Police Station, Peter McAulay Centre, for a period in excess of 3 months and this property will be sold or otherwise disposed of in a manner as determined by the Commissioner of Police, if after twenty-eight (28) days from the publication of this notice the property remains unclaimed.
Scott PollockSuperintendentCasuarina Division
23 February 2016
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Exhibit number Item Description453155/001453155/002453155/003453155/004
Black/blue Kodiak MTBPink Repco Crisp MTB
White/blue Southern Star MTBBlack/red Southern Star MTB
453148/001 Black/green Mambo watch447262/002 Play Station Console only444365/039 Grey Avanti Atomic MTB444365/020 White Nikon Coolpix digital camera444365/013444365/016444365/019444365/029444365/030444365/032444365/033444365/036444365/037444365/038
Green Ryobi drill in hard case;Blue Makita hammer drill in hard case;
Crescent tools; sockets drills hex keys etc. in hard plastic case;Silver John Deere multi-tool in black cloth case;
King chrome 48 piece socket set;Stanley 40 piece socket set (one socket missing);
Supatool socket set in plastic case;Blue Irwin soft tool bag containing various hand tools;
Blue Craft Right soft tool bag containing various hand tools;Grey plastic box containing empty Makita belt empty chisel wrap
and various other hand tools;422051/008 Gold and silver earrings422051/005 Grey G Shock gents watch428294/004 SCA tyre inflator and hose428294/002429294/003428294/013
Makita cordless grinderHitachi battery charger
Small petrol powered SupaWorks Generator429294/006 Spray painting guns and hoses450056/001450056/002
Blue Shimano Power SpinBlack/blue Shimano Sonic Pro
450045/001 Golf bag with golf clubs450153/001 Black Citizen watch448979/001 Silver Makita tools box and tools450088/001 Gold ring with white stones449879/001 Silver necklace448826/001448826/002
Red Homelite generatorBlue Eagle generator
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Exhibit number Item Description449662/001 $150.00449312/004 $41.35449892/002 Bronze purse448588/001448588/002
Multi coloured handbagBlack/pink purse
448937/001 Old bum bag450230/001 Black wallet450226/001 Red wallet448382/001 Brown wallet450220/001 Black handbag/purse450139/001 Multi-coloured wallet449312/001449312/002449312/003
Black Luisella handbagBlack Samsung
Black shoes448502/001448502/002
Black carry bagBottle of Jack Daniels
448505/001448505/002448505/003448505/004
Brown handbagLadies clothingWhite SamsungBlack Samsung
448603/001448603/002448603/003448603/004
Black Apple iPadBlack SamsungWhite TelstraBlack Huawei
449577/001 Knife449914/001449914/002
Grey Apple IPodWhite LG mobile
449865/001 White Apple iPod449845/001 White Apple iPhone449840/001 White Apple iPhone449569/001 Black Apple iPhone449315/001 White Samsung448379/001 Black Samsung Galaxy448469/001 Black Sony448723/001 Black Huawei448853/001 Black iPhone448910/001 Black Samsung449009/001 Black Huawei449444/001 Black Samsung449997/001449997/002
Black Apple IPhoneBlack Samsung Galaxy
450091/001 Black Huawei453603/001 Black mini DV video recorder451567/001 Black ZTE449098/001 Pink mobile phone447369/001 Pink/black Samsung447262/003447262/004
Costume jewelleryWhite IPad
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Exhibit number Item Description447262/005 Black Telstra mobile447128/001 Black Alcatel445635/006 Black Samsung450239/001 Silver Alcotel mobile450202/001450202/002450202/003450202/004450202/005
Blue Telstra mobileWhite HSPA mobileBlack Telstra mobileRed Telstra mobile
Black Samsung mobile450166/001450166/002450166/003450166/004450166/005
Green iPhoneBlack Huawei mobile
White Samsung mini tabletSilver iPad 4
Blue Odyssey sports bag435045/001435045/002435045/004435045/008
Car keyRegistration renewal notice
Car keySpirex notebook
435045/005435045/012435035/014
USBApple laptop (broken)
Black hard drive and paperwork444365/021 Black LG mobile433166/001 Red MP3 player429461/002429461/003
Harrington 12g SSB; S/N CAC194886Boito 12g SSB; S/N 766173
414365/001414365/002
White Samsung mobileBlack Samsung mobile (damaged)
407373/001407373/002
Red Nokia mobileBlack Samsung mobile
428294/012 U Bute gasmate BBQ449333/001 Black/yellow Huffy445074/001 Violet Venom450136/001 Purple/back Southern Star448866/001 Black/white Diamondback448778/001 White Dunlop448640/001448640/002
Pink CyclopsBlue/black Cyclops
450056/003450056/004
White/black SpecializedSilver Trek
449633/001 Black/pink Metro Vintage449643/002 Green/black Cyclops Hyperlite449766/001 Grey/green Huffy Savoy450040/001 Green Cyclops Vintage450022/001 Blue Huffy449567/001 Red Diamondback449401/001 Black/Red Southern Star Kodiak448777/001 Silver/blue Madd Scooter446617/001 Honda trail bike nil plates attached
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Exhibit number Item Description449256/001 Black Repco MTB449194/001 Black Nitro MTB
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Northern Territory of Australia
Notifiable Diseases Act
Declaration of Notifiable Diseases
I, Johan Wessel Elferink, Minister for Health:
(a) under section 6 of the Notifiable Diseases Act and with reference to section 43
of the Interpretation Act, revoke all instruments under section 6 of the
Notifiable Diseases Act in force immediately before the date of this instrument;
and
(b) under section 6 of the Notifiable Diseases Act, declare the diseases specified in
the Schedule to be notifiable diseases for the purposes of the Act.
Dated 17 February 2016
J. W. ElferinkMinister for Health
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Schedule
Notifiable Diseases
Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Adverse vaccine reaction
AIDS
Amoebiasis
Anthrax
Arbovirus infection: not otherwise specified
Australian bat lyssavirus
Avian influenza
Barmah Forest virus infection
Botulism
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chancroid
Chickenpox
Chikungunya virus infection
Chlamydial conjunctivitis
Chlamydial infection
Cholera
Ciguatera fish poisoning
Congenital rubella infection
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Crusted scabies (*)
Cryptosporidiosis
Dengue virus infection
Diphtheria
Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)
Food or water borne disease in 2 or more related cases
Gastroenteritis involving one or more related cases in an institution or food
handler
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Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Gonococcal infection
Gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia
Group A streptococcal infection (invasive)
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Haemophilus influenzae:
o non-type b (invasive)
o type b (invasive)
Hendra virus infection
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B: chronic
Hepatitis B: newly acquired
Hepatitis B: unspecified
Hepatitis C: newly acquired
Hepatitis C: unspecified
Hepatitis D
Hepatitis E
Hepatitis not otherwise specified
HTLV1:
o asymptomatic/unspecified
o adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma
o tropical spastic paraparesis
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Hydatid infection
Influenza
Japanese encephalitis
Kunjin virus infection
Legionellosis
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
Listeriosis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Lyssavirus: not otherwise specified
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Malaria
Measles
Melioidosis
Meningococcal infection
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection (*)
Mumps
Murray Valley encephalitis
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease
Ornithosis
Pertussis
Plague
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
Poliovirus infection
Q fever
Rabies
Rheumatic fever
Ross River virus infection
Rotavirus infection
Rubella
Salmonellosis
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin) producing Escherichia coli infection
Shigellosis
Smallpox
Strongyloidiasis (extraintestinal)
Syphilis:
o congenital
o of greater than 2 years' or unknown duration
o of less than 2 years' duration
Tetanus
Trichomoniasis
Tuberculosis
Tularaemia
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
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Typhus (all forms)
Varicella infection unspecified
Vibrio infection (invasive)
Vibrio food poisoning
Viral haemorrhagic fever:
o Crimean-Congo fever
o Ebola virus disease
o Lassa fever
o Marburg virus disease
o not otherwise specified
Yellow fever
Yersiniosis
ZosterNote
Diseases marked (*) are newly added to the declared notifiable diseases list
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Northern Territory of Australia
Notifiable Diseases Act
Notifiable DiseasesInformation to be given by Medical Practitioners
I, Johan Wessel Elferink, Minister for Health:
(a) under section 8(1) of the Notifiable Diseases Act and with reference to
section 43 of the Interpretation Act, revoke all instruments under section 8 of
the Notifiable Diseases Act in force immediately before the date of this
instrument; and
(b) under section 8(1) of the Notifiable Diseases Act, specify that:
(i) the information in Schedule 1, in relation to a disease listed in
Schedule 2, is to be given in writing or by phone or facsimile
(a non-urgent notification); and
(ii) the information in Schedule 1, in relation to a disease listed in
Schedule 3, is to be given by phone (an urgent notification); and
(iii) the information in Schedule 4 is to be given to a medical officer if the
medical officer requests the information, in the manner specified by the
medical officer.
Dated 17 February 2016
J. W. ElferinkMinister for Health
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Schedule 1
Information to be given
Name of the infected person
Contact details of the infected person:
o address
o phone number
o mobile phone number
o email address
Date of birth of the infected person
Gender of the infected person
Indigenous status of the infected person
Name and details of the disease
Test(s) used to diagnose the disease and the result(s)
Name, address and phone number of the medical practitioner giving the
information
Date of onset of the disease
Date the specimen was taken
Whether the infected person died and, if applicable, the date of death
Name of laboratory where results referred for testing
Whether the infected person was admitted to hospital
The location where the infected person became or was likely to have become
infected
The reason for doing the test(s)
The vaccination history of the infected person with respect to the disease
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Schedule 2
Notifiable diseases (non-urgent notification)
Adverse vaccine reaction
AIDS
Chickenpox
Chikungunya virus infection, if acquired outside the Northern Territory
Congenital rubella infection
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Dengue virus infection, if acquired outside the Northern Territory
Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)
Hepatitis B – chronic
Hepatitis B – newly acquired
Hepatitis B – unspecified
Hepatitis C – newly acquired
Hepatitis C – unspecified
Hepatitis – not otherwise specified
HTLV1:
o adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma
o tropical spastic paraparesis
Leprosy
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Mumps
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease
Rheumatic fever
Rubella
Syphilis:
o congenital
o of greater than 2 years' or unknown duration
o of less than 2 years' duration
Tetanus
Typhus (all forms)
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Varicella infection unspecified
Vibrio infection (invasive)
Zoster
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Schedule 3
Notifiable diseases (urgent notification)
Acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
Anthrax
Australian bat lyssavirus
Avian influenza
Botulism
Chancroid
Chikungunya virus infection, if suspected to have been acquired in the
Northern Territory
Cholera
Ciguatera fish poisoning
Dengue virus infection, if suspected to have been acquired in the
Northern Territory
Diphtheria
Food or water borne disease in 2 or more related cases
Gastroenteritis involving one or more related cases in an institution or
food handler
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
Haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive)
Hendra virus infection
Japanese encephalitis
Kunjin virus infection
Lyssavirus: not otherwise specified
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal infection
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection (*)
Murray Valley encephalitis
Pertussis
Plague
Poliovirus infection
Rabies
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Tularaemia
Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
Viral haemorrhagic fever:
o Crimean-Congo fever
o Ebola virus disease
o Lassa fever
o Marburg virus disease
o not otherwise specified
Yellow feverNote
Diseases marked (*) are newly added to the urgent notification diseases list.
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Schedule 4
Information to be given on request
Chlamydial infection, Trichomoniasis The information listed in Schedule 1
Date and type of treatment given
Clinical features of the disease
Pregnancy status of the infected person
Whether persons who have been in contact with the infected person have been
followed up and treated
Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale) Date and type of treatment given
Clinical features of the disease
Pregnancy status of the infected person
Whether persons who have been in contact with the infected person have been
followed up and treated
The exposure category
Whether the person is a sex worker
Type of clinical facility where the infection was diagnosed
Gonococcal infection, The information listed in Schedule 1
Date and type of treatment given
Clinical features of the disease
Pregnancy status of the infected person
Whether persons who have been in contact with the infected person have been
followed up and treated
The exposure category
Whether the person is a sex worker
Type of clinical facility where the infection was diagnosed
Group A streptococcal infection (invasive) Clinical features of the disease
Whether the infection was acquired in the neonatal period
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Whether the infected person lives in an institution and, if so, the type of institution
Whether the infected person attended child care during the period when the
person was likely to have acquired the disease
Brucellosis, Hepatitis A, Hydatid infection, Legionellosis, Leptospirosis, Ornithosis, Q fever The information listed in Schedule 1
The infected person's occupation
The infected person's risk factors for the disease
Hepatitis B (any), Hepatitis C (any) The results and dates of all tests for the disease
Whether the infected person's clinical manifestations are consistent with recent
infection
The infected person's risk factors for the disease
The country of birth of the infected person
The infected person's mode of exposure
Whether the infected person has a history of intravenous drug use
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) The country of birth of the infected person
The language the infected person speaks at home
The clinical presentation
The dates and results of previous tests for HIV
The dates and results of tests measuring disease severity
Where the person was living when diagnosed with HIV
Exposure history including sexual exposure
Whether the person has died and, if so, the cause of death
Influenza The information listed in Schedule 1
Clinical features of the disease
Pregnancy status of the infected person
Date and type of any treatment given
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The infected person's risk factors for the disease
Whether the infected person lives in an institution and, if so, the type of institution
Malaria The nationality of the infected person
The date when the infected person arrived in Australia
The locations the infected person has visited in Australia since becoming
infected
Whether the infected person had malaria previously
How the infection was acquired
Whether the infected person is a member of the Australian or an international
military
Whether the infected person had been prescribed and had taken preventative
medication
Whether the infection was diagnosed on screening and if so the reason for the
screening
The results and dates of all tests for the disease
The treatment and dates of treatment the infected person received for the
disease
The dates for admission to and discharge from hospital
The outcome of the disease
Whether the infected person was followed up one week after discharge from
hospital
Meningococcal infection The treatment and the dates of treatment the infected person received for the
disease
The results and dates of previous and subsequent tests for the disease
The clinical manifestations of the disease
Whether the contacts of the infected person have been followed up and treated –
if applicable
The outcome of the disease
The infected person's risk factors for the disease
Whether the person had a neurological deficit related to the disease on
discharge
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Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease The country of birth of the infected person
The year the infected person first arrived in Australia
Whether the infected person had the disease previously
If the infected person had been diagnosed outside the Northern Territory – the
place of diagnosis
The date the infected person first sought contact with a health care provider
The results and dates of all tests for the disease
The results of the infected person's test for Human immunodeficiency virus
The Bacille Calmette-Guerin status of the infected person
The organs affected by the disease
The infected person's risk factors and exposures for the disease
The infected person's symptoms
The results of radiological tests used to diagnose the disease
The treatment and dates of treatment the infected person received for the
disease
Whether the infected person had a reaction to any of the treatment agents
The outcome of the disease
If the infected person left the Northern Territory permanently while on treatment
for the disease – the destination of the infected person and the date the infected
person departed the Northern Territory
Pneumococcal disease (invasive) The information listed in Schedule 1
The dates and details of all relevant vaccines administered to the infected person
The clinical presentation
The infected person's risk factors for the disease
The Medicare number of the infected person
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The results and dates of all tests for the disease
The hospital attended by the infected person
The dates of admission to and discharge from hospital
The number of days the infected person was admitted to the intensive care unit
Whether the infected person left hospital prior to discharge
Whether the infected person refused the offer of immunisation prior to discharge
from hospital
Whether the person had a neurological deficit related to the disease at discharge
from hospital
Syphilis (any) Date(s) and type of treatment given
Date(s) and type of previous treatment given for the same disease
The results and dates of previous tests for the same disease
Clinical features of the disease
Pregnancy status of the infected person
Whether persons who have been in contact with the infected person have been
followed up and treated
Syphilis (less than 2 years duration) The exposure category
Whether the person is a sex worker
Type of clinical facility where the infection was diagnosed
Tuberculosis Country of birth of the infected person
The year the infected person first arrived in Australia
The immigration status of the infected person
Whether the infected person was seen as part of a tuberculosis undertaking
Whether the infected person had tuberculosis previously
The place and year of previous treatment for tuberculosis
If the infected person had been diagnosed outside the NT, the place of the
diagnosis
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The date the infected person first sought contract with a health care provider
The results and dates of previous Mantoux tests
Whether the infected person had been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis
infection
If the infected person had been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis infection,
whether treatment had been offered and taken and the respective dates
The infected person's risk factors for the disease
The results and dates of tests for the disease
The organs affected by tuberculosis
The treatment and dates of treatment the infected person received for the
disease
The compliance of the infected person with the treatment
The outcome of the disease
The names of persons in contact with the infected person, with respect to
tuberculosis
Typhus (all forms), Vibrio infection (invasive) The infected person's occupation
The infected person's risk factors for the disease
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Northern Territory of Australia
Notifiable Diseases Act
Notifiable Diseases Information to be given by Laboratories
I, Johan Wessel Elferink, Minister for Health:
(a) under section 16(1) of the Notifiable Diseases Act and with reference to
section 43 of the Interpretation Act, revoke all instruments under section 16 of
the Notifiable Diseases Act in force immediately before the date of this
instrument; and
(b) under section 16(1) of the Notifiable Diseases Act, specify that:
(i) the information in Schedule 1, in relation to a disease listed in
Schedule 2, is to be given in writing or by phone or facsimile
(a non-urgent notification); and
(ii) the information in Schedule 1, in relation to a disease listed in
Schedule 3, is to be given by phone (an urgent notification).
Dated 17 February 2016
J. W. ElferinkMinister for Health
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Schedule 1
Information to be given
Name of the infected person
Contact details of the infected person:
o address
o phone number
o mobile phone number
o email address
Date of birth of the infected person
Gender of the infected person
Indigenous status of the infected person
Test(s) used to diagnose the disease and the result(s)
Name of the referring practitioner
Date the laboratory notified the disease
Date the specimen was taken
Name of the laboratory
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Schedule 2
Notifiable diseases (non-urgent notification)
Amoebiasis
Arbovirus infection: not otherwise specified
Barmah Forest virus infection
Brucellosis
Campylobacteriosis
Chickenpox
Chikungunya virus infection
Chlamydial conjunctivitis
Chlamydial infection
Crusted scabies (*)
Cryptosporidiosis
Dengue virus infection
Donovanosis (granuloma inguinale)
Gonococcal infection – urgent notification if isolate is penicillin resistant
Gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia – urgent notification if isolate is penicillin
resistant
Group A streptococcal infection (invasive)
Haemophilus influenzae non-type b (invasive)
Hepatitis B: chronic
Hepatitis B: newly acquired
Hepatitis B: unspecified
Hepatitis C: newly acquired
Hepatitis C: unspecified
Hepatitis D
HTLV1:
o adult T cell leukaemia/lymphoma
o asymptomatic/unspecified
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Hydatid infection
Influenza
Leprosy
Leptospirosis
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Listeriosis
Lymphogranuloma venereum
Melioidosis
Mumps
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease
Ornithosis
Pneumococcal disease (invasive)
Q Fever
Ross River virus infection
Rotavirus infection
Rubella
Salmonellosis
Shigellosis
Strongyloidiasis (extraintestinal)
Syphilis:
o of greater than 2 years' or unknown duration
o of less than 2 years' duration
Tetanus
Trichomoniasis
Typhus (all forms)
Varicella infection unspecified
Vibrio infection (invasive)
Yersiniosis
ZosterNote
Diseases marked (*) are newly added to the non-urgent notification diseases list.
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Schedule 3
Notifiable diseases (urgent notification)
Anthrax
Australian bat lyssavirus
Avian influenza
Botulism
Chancroid
Cholera
Diphtheria
Gonococcal conjunctivitis
Gonococcal infection: penicillin resistant isolate
Gonococcal neonatal ophthalmia: penicillin resistant isolate
Haemophilus influenzae type b (invasive)
Hendra virus infection
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis E
Japanese encephalitis
Kunjin virus infection
Legionellosis
Lyssavirus: not otherwise specified
Malaria
Measles
Meningococcal infection
Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection (*)
Murray Valley encephalitis
Pertussis
Plague
Poliovirus infection
Rabies
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
Shiga-like toxin (verocytotoxin) producing Escherichia coli infection
Smallpox
Tuberculosis
Tularaemia
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Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
Vibrio food poisoning
Viral haemorrhagic fever:
o Crimean-Congo fever
o Ebola virus disease
o Lassa fever
o Marburg virus disease
o not otherwise specified
Yellow feverNote
Diseases marked (*) are newly added to the urgent notification diseases list.
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