STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT 2005 (NO 44 OF 2005) - SECT 6 Amendment of section 186A (Definitions)

STATUTE LAW REVISION ACT 2005 (NO 44 OF 2005) - SECT 6

(1)     Section 186A, definitions of "authorised professional" and "medical practitioner" –

    omit

(2)     Section 186A –

    insert (in alphabetical order)

    "authorised professional" means –

        (a)     a health practitioner who has a right of practice under the Health Practitioners Act in the category of health care practice of –

        (i)     Aboriginal health work; or

        (ii)     midwifery; or

        (iii)     nursing; or

        (b)     in relation to an operation performed in a place outside the Territory – a person who is entitled to practise nursing or midwifery under a law of that place;

    "medical practitioner", in relation to an operation performed in a place outside the Territory, includes a person who is entitled to practise medicine under a law of that place.