Notification of new cancer cases and cancer deaths is required under the Public Health Act 2010. Pathology laboratories, hospitals (public or private) and treatment centres are some of the services that are required to provide notifications and can do so in several ways.

Notification of the treatments applied to notifiable cancers (primary and recurrent cancer treatments) in NSW facilities are required under the Cancer Institute (NSW) Act (2003). This is supported by the relevant Cancer Notifications Policy Directive.