The instrument is the Health Insurance (Accredited Pathology Laboratories - Approval) Amendment (Relevant Standards) Principles (No. 3) 2026, made on 3 July 2026 and registered as F2026L00927.
What the provision does
Section 1 gives the instrument its name. That name is the one to use in a document register, a board paper or a contract reference. The name matters beyond tidiness: the instrument is one of a series of Amendment (Relevant Standards) Principles, and the series number and year distinguish it from the earlier amending instruments. A citation that drops the series number can point to the wrong text. The instrument was made on 3 July 2026 by Mary Warner, acting as the health minister's delegate, and it was registered on the Federal Register on 6 July 2026.
Why it matters
A short name provision looks administrative, but it fixes the identity of the text that a reader is relying on. Two instruments in the same year amended the same Schedule 1 item, and a laboratory that cites the wrong one will describe the wrong edition of a standard.
What changed, and when
Section 1 gives the instrument its name. It commenced with sections 1 to 4 on 13 July 2026. The making date, 3 July 2026, is not a commencement date.
This unit is one of the ten that commenced on 13 July 2026. It is not waiting for 1 July 2027. A record that treats it as future will describe the wrong approval process or the wrong edition at the next assessment.
What to do about it
Record the full name, the register number F2026L00927, the maker, the making date and the registration date in the document control entry. Where a policy cites the parent Principles, cite the compilation number as well, because the parent has been amended many times. Keep the register number next to the name, not in a separate field that can drift.
What the assessor asks for
| Category | Artefact to have ready |
|---|---|
| Register entry | A document control record that carries the full title, F2026L00927, the making date and the registration date |
| Citation check | The page of the policy or procedure that cites the instrument, with the register number visible |
| Compilation record | The parent Principles compilation number and date used alongside the amending instrument |
The question that follows. An assessor or a reviewer may ask which instrument changed the Schedule 1 item, and a citation that answers with the parent Principles alone is incomplete.
Gaps that lose a file
- Citing the parent Principles without the amending instrument
- Using a shortened title that omits the series number
- Recording the making date but not the registration date
Before the date
- Add the full title and F2026L00927 to the document register
- Put the compilation number beside every citation of the 2017 Principles
- Check that the legal register and the quality manual carry the same entry
Dates
| Date | What happens | Source pointer |
|---|---|---|
| Instrument made | Dated 3 July 2026 | |
| Registered | F2026L00927 on the Federal Register | |
| Sections 1 to 4 commence | s 2 table item 1 |
Cross-references
Source
Section 1. The operative text is F2026L00927 on the Federal Register, with the parent 2017 Principles and the Explanatory Statement. Our statement, not the instrument verbatim.
Not legal advice; does not certify. A reading of the provision and the evidence an assessor commonly samples, not a substitute for the instrument, the standards or your accreditation body's rules.