HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982

New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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HEALTH ADMINISTRATION ACT 1982 - NOTES

- As at 1 July 2011 - Act 135 of 1982

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   14 October 1985
Reprint No 2   26 August 1991
Reprint No 3   4 August 1994
Reprint No 4   6 April 1999
Reprint No 5   31 August 2004
Reprint No 6   16 August 2005
Reprint No 7   27 June 2006

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Health Administration Act 1982 No 135. Assented to 15.12.1982. Date of commencement of secs 1, 2, 33 and 34 and Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement, secs 1, 2, 33 and 34 and Sch 3 excepted, 17.12.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 177 of 17.12.1982, p 5869. This Act has been amended as follows:

1984	No 109	Health Administration (Medical Services Committee) Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 20.9.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 26.10.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 150 of 26.10.1984, p 5209.
1986	No 52	Health Administration (Area Health Services) Amendment Act 1986. Assented to 14.5.1986. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 99 of 27.6.1986, p 2946.
1989	No 207	Health Administration (Quality Assurance Committees) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5386.
1990	No 11	Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990. Assented to 1.6.1990. Date of commencement, 3.9.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5400.
	No 12	Health Professional Boards Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990. Assented to 7.6.1990. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5387.
	No 16	Ambulance Services Act 1990. Assented to 14.6.1990. Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5379.
	No 108	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, sec 2.
1991	No 17	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991. Assented to 3.5.1991. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, Sch 1.
1992	No 34	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, Sch 2.
	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1993	No 47	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993. Assented to 15.6.1993. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. The amendments were without effect as they had previously been made by Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
	No 105	Health Care Complaints Act 1993. Assented to 2.12.1993. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 3 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3239.
1994	No 2	Health Administration (Medicare) Amendment Act 1994. Assented to 2.5.1994. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 32	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, Sch 1.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
1996	No 30	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
	No 121	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 4.26, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
1997	No 154	Health Services Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423.
1998	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, sec 2 (2).
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.27, assent, sec 2 (2).
2000	No 53	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
2001	No 15	Chiropractors Act 2001. Assented to 30.4.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.8.2002, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 31.7.2002, p 5696.
	No 16	Osteopaths Act 2001. Assented to 30.4.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.8.2002, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 31.7.2002, p 5697.
	No 67	Physiotherapists Act 2001. Assented to 11.10.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6.2, 1.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 237 of 29.11.2002, p 10062.
	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, assent, sec 2 (2).
2002	No 30	Optometrists Act 2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 6.1, 16.6.2004, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 16.6.2004, p 3723.
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 45	Nurses Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 30.9.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.
	No 69	Podiatrists Act 2003. Assented to 20.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 6.1, 9.12.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 154 of 9.12.2005, p 10028.
2004	No 98	Health Legislation Amendment (Complaints) Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 4.2 [1], 1.3.2005, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 25.2.2005, p 477; date of commencement of Sch 4.2 [2], 1.8.2005, sec 2 and GG No 94 of 29.7.2005, p 3910.
2005	No 82	Health Legislation Amendment Act 2005. Assented to 17.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 157 of 16.12.2005, p 10878.
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.2.2006, p 1378.
2007	No 89	Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009	No 15	Health Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 13.5.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 41	Coroners Act 2009. Assented to 19.6.2009. Date of commencement of Schs 3 and 4, 1.1.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2009 (544) LW 27.11.2009.
	No 61	Occupational Licensing Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009. Assented to 16.9.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4.1, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
2010	No 34	Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
	No 52	Health Legislation Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.2.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (715) LW 17.12.2010; date of commencement of Sch 3.3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 97	Health Services Amendment (Local Health Networks) Act 2010. Assented to 16.11.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (716) LW 17.12.2010.
2011	No 4	Health Services Amendment (Local Health Districts and Boards) Act 2011. Assented to 16.5.2011. Date of commencement, 1.7.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (313) LW 1.7.2011.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.

Sec 3	Rep 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 4	Am 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [1]; 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [1]; 2010 No 52, Sch 3.3; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.10 [1]; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.12 [1].
Sec 5A	Ins 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [2].
Part 2, Div 2	Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 6	Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 7	Am 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (2); 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [2]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 8	Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1.
Sec 8A	Ins 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [4].
Sec 9	Am 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [5].
Sec 10	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2.
Sec 13A	Ins 1990 No 12, Sch 2 (1). Am 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [6] [7]; 2007 No 89, Sch 2.4; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.21 [1]-[3].
Sec 14	Am 1990 No 12, Sch 2 (2); 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [1]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [8].
Sec 15	Rep 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (3).
Sec 20	Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.8 [1]-[4].
Part 2, Div 6A	Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 20A	Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2).
Sec 20B	Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2). Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1999 No 85, Sch 2.27; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.14.
Sec 20C	Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2). Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.26 [1].
Part 2, Div 6B	Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3.
Sec 20D	Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3. Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [3].
Secs 20E-20J	Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3.
Sec 20K	Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3. Am 1990 No 108, Sch 2.
Part 2, Div 6C	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2].
Sec 20L	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2005 No 82, Sch 1; 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [9]; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.10 [2]; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.12 [2].
Sec 20M	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [1] [2].
Sec 20N	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [3].
Sec 20O	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [10] [11]; 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [2] [4]-[8].
Sec 20P	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [9].
Sec 20Q	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [10] [11].
Sec 20R	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Subst 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [12].
Sec 20S	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2].
Sec 20T	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [5] [13].
Sec 20U	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Rep 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [14].
Sec 21	Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [4]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.16.
Sec 22	Am 1990 No 11, Sch 2; 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 23	Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.20 [1] [2]; 2009 No 41, Schs 3.6 and 4.
Sec 24	Am 1999 No 31, Sch 4.38; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.
Part 4 (sec 35)	Ins 1994 No 2, sec 3. Rep 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [5].
Sch 2	Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [6]; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.2 [1]-[4]; 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [15] [16].
Sch 2A, heading	Subst 1990 No 108, Sch 2; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.21 [4]
Sch 2A	Ins 1990 No 12, Sch 2 (3). Am 2001 No 15, Sch 6.1; 2001 No 16, Sch 6.1; 2001 No 67, Sch 6.2; 2002 No 30, Sch 6.1; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.3; 2003 No 69, Sch 6.1; 2009 No 61, Sch 4.1. Subst 2010 No 34, Sch 2.21 [4].
Sch 3	Am 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (4); 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.26 [2]; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [7].
Sch 4	Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (3). Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.2 [5] [6].
The whole Act (except sec 4)	Am 1996 No 30, Sch 2 (“Secretary” omitted wherever occurring, “Director-General” inserted instead).

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