Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

MEDICAL TREATMENT (HEALTH DIRECTIONS) ACT 2006 - NOTES

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     Act

              •     doctor

              •     nurse

              •     power.

"day hospital "means a facility where a person is admitted for surgical or medical treatment and discharged on the same day.

"decision-making capacity"—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 9 (1).

"impaired decision-making capacity"—see the Powers of Attorney Act 2006, section 9 (2).

"residential care"—see the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cwlth), section 41-3 (Meaning of residential care).

"residential disability care facility"—

        (a)     means a residential facility that provides disability care to people with disabilities; but

        (b)     does not include a residential aged care facility.

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws and expiries are listed in the legislation history and the amendment history. These details are underlined. Uncommenced provisions and amendments are not included in the republished law but are set out in the last endnote.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key

am = amended	ord = ordinance
amdt = amendment	orig = original
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph
def = definition	pres = present
dict = dictionary	prev = previous
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative	(prev...) = previously
Assembly	pt = part
div = division	r = rule/subrule
exp = expires/expired	renum = renumbered
Gaz = gazette	reloc = relocated
hdg = heading	R[X] = Republication No
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	RI = reissue
ins = inserted/added	s = section/subsection
LA = Legislation Act 2001	sch = schedule
LR = legislation register	sdiv = subdivision
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	sub = substituted
mod = modified/modification	SL = Subordinate Law
o = order	underlining = whole or part not commenced
om = omitted/repealed	or to be expired

3     Legislation history

Medical Treatment (Health Directions) Act 2006 A2006-51

notified LR 29 November 2006
s 1, s 2 commenced 29 November 2006 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 30 May 2007 (s 2 and see Powers of Attorney Act 2006 A2006-50 s 2)

4     Amendment history

Commencement
s 2     om LA s 89 (4)

Repeal of Medical Treatment Act 1994
s 23     om LA s 89 (3)

© Australian Capital Territory 2007

Australian Capital Territory

A2006-51

Republication No 1

Effective: 30 May 2007

Republication date: 30 May 2007

Act not amended





Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel's Office

About this republication

The republished law

This is a republication of the Medical Treatment (Health Directions) Act 2006 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 30 May 2007. It also includes any amendment, repeal or expiry affecting the republished law.

The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4.

Kinds of republications

The Parliamentary Counsel's Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):

              • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies

              • unauthorised republications.

The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.

Editorial changes

The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.

This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

If a provision of the republished law has not commenced or is affected by an uncommenced amendment, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the uncommenced provision or amendment appears only in the last endnote.

Modifications

If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see Legislation Act 2001, section 95.

Penalties

The value of a penalty unit for an offence against this republished law at the republication date is—

(a) if the person charged is an individual—$100; or

(b) if the person charged is a corporation—$500.

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Medical Treatment (Health Directions) Act 2006

Endnotes

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