The Administrative Arrangements Order sets out the laws that ministers are responsible for administering.
Our portfolio administers the below laws on behalf of our ministers:
- Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Act 2006
- Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Act 2006
- Aged Care Act 1997
- Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Increasing Consumer Choice) Act 2016
- Aged Care (Living Longer Living Better) Act 2013
- Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission Act 2018
- Aged Care (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
- Australian Hearing Services Act 1991 — subsections 8(4) to 8(8) inclusive
- Australian Immunisation Register Act 2015
- Australian Immunisation Register (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015
- Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Act 1987
- Australian National Preventive Health Agency Act 2010
- Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008
- Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Amendment (New Governance Arrangements) Act 2016
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998
- Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (Licence Charges) Act 1998
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act 2006
- Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2006
- Australian Sports Commission Act 1989
- Biosecurity Act 2015 — except to the extent administered by the Agriculture Minister
- Biosecurity (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2015 — except to the extent administered by the Agriculture Minister
- Budget Savings (Omnibus) Act 2016 — Part 2 of Schedule 7
- Cancer Australia Act 2006
- Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Act 1961
- Dental Benefits Act 2008
- Epidemiological Studies (Confidentiality) Act 1981
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991
- Gene Technology Act 2000
- Gene Technology (Licence Charges) Act 2000
- Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995
- Health and Other Services (Compensation) Care Charges Act 1995
- Health Insurance Act 1973
- Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 2012
- Health Insurance (Approved Pathology Specimen Collection Centres) Tax Act 2000
- Health Insurance Commission (Reform and Separation of Functions) Act 1997
- Health Insurance (Pathology) (Fees) Act 1991
- Healthcare Identifiers Act 2010
- Hearing Services Administration Act 1997
- Hearing Services and AGHS Reform Act 1997
- Home and Community Care Act 1985
- Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 — Part IID, section 3 (definition of ‘Departmental employee’) and section 8AC, in relation to health provider compliance
- Industrial Chemicals Act 2019
- Industrial Chemicals Charges (Customs) Act 2019
- Industrial Chemicals Charges (Excise) Act 2019
- Industrial Chemicals Charges (General) Act 2019
- Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989
- Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Customs) Act 1997
- Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—Excise) Act 1997
- Industrial Chemicals (Registration Charge—General) Act 1997
- Major Sporting Events (Indicia and Images) Protection Act 2014
- Medical Indemnity Act 2002
- Medical Indemnity Agreement (Financial Assistance—Binding Commonwealth Obligations) Act 2002
- Medical Indemnity (Competitive Advantage Payment) Act 2005
- Medical Indemnity (Prudential Supervision and Product Standards) Act 2003 — Part 3, Division 2A
- Medical Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2004
- Medical Indemnity (UMP Support Payment) Act 2002
- Medicare Guarantee Act 2017 — to the extent of its application to the Medicare Guarantee Fund (Health) Special Account
- Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Act 2010
- Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Act 2010
- My Health Records Act 2012
- Narcotic Drugs Act 1967
- Narcotic Drugs Amendment Act 2016
- Narcotic Drugs (Licence Charges) Act 2016
- National Blood Authority Act 2003
- National Cancer Screening (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2016
- National Cancer Screening Register Act 2016
- National Health Act 1953
- National Health and Medical Research Council Act 1992
- National Health Reform Act 2011
- National Health Security Act 2007
- Private Health Insurance Act 2007
- Private Health Insurance (Complaints Levy) Act 1995
- Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Act 2009
- Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Act 2007
- Private Health Insurance (Risk Equalisation Levy) Act 2003
- Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007
- Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002
- Quarantine (Validation of Fees) Act 1985 — in relation to human quarantine
- Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002
- Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
- Therapeutic Goods (Charges) Act 1989
- Tobacco Advertising Prohibition Act 1992
- Tobacco Plain Packaging Act 2011
- World Health Organization Act 1947
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