Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281:clause:1ab_412
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01281
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1AB cl 412
Character Range: 1065622–1068683

412       Donor Human Milk Bank Service                                                                                                                        To support the ongoing operation and expansion of a coordinated network of donor human milk banks to ensure that premature babies born in Australia have access to human milk, including by providing funding for the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) infrastructure (including upgrading existing infrastructure) and the ongoing operation of facilities to enable the processing and distribution of donor human milk;
                                                                                                                                                               (b) to establish and maintain consistent production management and processes to ensure that donor human milk is safe and uncontaminated;
                                                                                                                                                               (c) to establish and undertake research programs concerned with improving outcomes for premature babies and investigating donor human milk processing technologies and product derivatives.
                                                                                                                                                               This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures:
                                                                                                                                                               (a) with respect to census and statistics; or
                                                                                                                                                               (b) which provide, or are incidental to the provision of, medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or
                                                                                                                                                               (c) to give effect to Australia's obligations under either or both of the following:
                                                                                                                                                               (i) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4 and 24;
                                                                                                                                                               (ii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; or
                                                                                                                                                               (d) undertaken in, or in relation to, a Territory.