New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACT 1994 - SECT 16A

16A Amendment and revocation of schemes approved by Council

(1) An occupational association may prepare an instrument amending or revoking a scheme that relates to its members.

(2) The Council may, on the application of an occupational association, prepare or approve an instrument amending or revoking a scheme that relates to the members of the association.

(3) The Minister may direct the Council to prepare an instrument amending or revoking a scheme.

(4) The Council must comply with any such direction but may on its own initiative, at any time while the scheme remains in force, prepare an instrument amending or revoking a scheme.

(5) The provisions of sections 7-15 extend, with any necessary modifications, to the amendment of a scheme by an instrument under this section.

(6) The provisions of sections 7-14 (other than section 12 (2)) extend, with any necessary modifications, to the revocation of a scheme by an instrument under this section.

(7) This section does not apply to an interstate scheme.

Note: An instrument that amends a scheme operating in another jurisdiction may be submitted to the Minister administering the corresponding law of that jurisdiction under section 12 with a view to its being published under that law. An instrument made under the corresponding law of another jurisdiction that amends an interstate scheme may be submitted to the Minister administering this Act with a view to its being published under section 13.