Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts27. (1) This section applies if—
(a) a sexually transmitted disease within the meaning of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Act is a transmissible notifiable condition within the meaning of the new Public Health Act; and
(b) before the commencement day, a medical practitioner had given a notice to the Medical Officer of Health under subsection 6 (1) of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Act in relation to a person who the practitioner has reasonable grounds for believing to have that disease.
(2) Where this section applies, the medical practitioner is to be taken to have complied with the requirements of section 102 of the new Public Health Act in relation to the notification of the relevant transmissible notifiable condition.