Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982 No. 49 of 1982 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 5B of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from sub-section (2) all the words after ''6 months that''
        (first occurring) and substituting:

''commenced-

   (a)  unless paragraph (b) applies-on the last day of the prescribed period;
        or

   (b)  if the application is an application that is deemed to have been made
        by virtue of sub-section (10)-immediately after the day on which the
        period of 4 weeks after the last day of the prescribed period in
        relation to his application expires.''; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (10) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(10) Where a declaration is in force under this section with respect to a
person, the person shall be deemed, on the day immediately preceding the first
day of the period of 4 weeks ending on the last day of the period specified in
the declaration, to have made, for the purposes of this section, an
application under sub-section (1) for a further declaration under this section
with respect to the person.''.

(2) Section 5B of the Principal Act continues in force in relation to any
application deemed, by virtue of the operation of sub-section 5B (10) of the
Principal Act, to have been made before the commencement of this section, as
if the amendments made by sub-section (1) had not been made.