Remaking of sunsetting instrument without significant amendments – Department of Health
On 20 August 2020, the Department of Health remade the Healthcare Identifiers Regulations 2010 (the old Regulations), which were due to sunset on 1 October 2020, without significant amendments. The Healthcare Identifiers Regulations 2020 (the Regulations) repeal and replace the old Regulations and came into effect on 28 August 2020. The new Regulations will sunset on 1 October 2030.
The Regulations, which are made under the Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010, were first made in 2010 to set out provisions relating to the assignment, collection, use, adoption and disclosure of healthcare identifiers.
Consistent with the Government’s best practice regulation requirements for sunsetting instruments, the Department of Health has, after consultation with stakeholders, assessed the instrument as operating effectively and efficiently. Therefore, a Regulation Impact Statement is not required for remaking this instrument.