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Queensland
HEALTH AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
Queensland
HEALTH AND OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2003
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
1992
3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Amendment of s 11 (Act not to apply to certain bodies etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH ACT 1937
5 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7 Insertion of new s 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6 Definition for div 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8 Insertion of new s 18B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
18B Chief executive may inform boards about particular matters . . . . . . 9
9 Amendment of s 153Y (Dealing with certain things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10 Amendment of s 153ZD (Analysis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH PRACTITIONERS
(PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1999
11 Act amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
12 Amendment of s 176 (Pre-hearing conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
13 Amendment of s 188 (Questions to be decided by majority of panel) . . . . . 11
14 Amendment of s 217 (Directions conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Insertion of new s 227A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
227A Procedure if tribunal member unable to hear matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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16 Amendment of s 259 (Practice directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH RIGHTS COMMISSION
ACT 1991
17 Act amended in pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
18 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
19 Amendment of s 59 (Who may complain) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
20 Amendment of s 60 (Complaints about persons who are no longer
registered providers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
21 Amendment of s 61 (Representative complaints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
22 Amendment of s 64 (Complainant to reveal identity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
23 Amendment of s 65 (Further information from complainant) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
24 Amendment of s 66 (Commissioner may require affidavit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
25 Amendment of s 67 (Commissioner to immediately assess all health
service complaints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
26 Amendment of s 79 (Decisions not to take action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
27 Insertion of new pt 10 hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
28 Insertion of new s 151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
151 Validating provision for Health and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1991
29 Act amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
30 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
31 Amendment of s 30 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
32 Replacement of ss 33 and 34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
33 Disclosure etc. of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
34 Information not to be given in evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
33 Amendment of s 36 (Personal liability of members etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
34 Amendment of s 37 (Further responsibilities of committees). . . . . . . . . . . . 18
35 Amendment of s 57 (Duty of confidentiality of officials) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
36 Amendment of s 63 (Confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF HOSPITALS FOUNDATIONS
ACT 1982
37 Act amended in pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
38 Amendment of s 18 (Members of body corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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39 Omission of s 19 (Minister's nomination from panel of names). . . . . . . . . . 20
40 Replacement of ss 21 and 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
21 Term of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS
REGISTRATION ACT 2001
41 Act amended in pt 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
42 Amendment of s 111 (Eligibility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
43 Insertion of new s 121A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
121A Condition of practice under supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
44 Insertion of new s 141A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
141A Condition of practice under supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
45 Insertion of new pt 3, div 10A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Division 10A--Non-practising registrations
Subdivision 1--Eligibility for non-practising registration
150B Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Subdivision 2--Applications for non-practising registration
150C Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
150D Suitability of proposed non-practising registrant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
150E Board's powers before deciding applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
150F Failure to decide application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
150G Forms of certificates of non-practising registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
150H Standard condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Subdivision 3--Cancellation of non-practising registrations
150I Application of div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
150J Grounds for cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
46 Amendment of s 157 (Taking of restricted titles etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
47 Insertion of new s 180A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
180A Protection from liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
48 Amendment of s 254 (Register to be kept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
49 Amendment of s 256 (Records). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
50 Amendment of s 264 (How board may deal with health records). . . . . . . . . 28
51 Amendment of s 272 (Protection for persons supervising registrants
undertaking prescribed internship or supervised practice program) . . . . . . . 28
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52 Amendment of sch 1 (Decisions for which information notices
must be given) ........................................... 29
53 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF PEST MANAGEMENT ACT 2001
54 Act amended in pt 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
55 Insertion of new s 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5A Meaning of "fumigant" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
56 Amendment of s 54 (Notice of change in circumstances). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
57 Amendment of s 96 (Dealing with certain things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
58 Amendment of s 101 (Analysis) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
59 Amendment of s 111 (Hearing procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
60 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITIES
ACT 1999
61 Act amended in pt 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
62 Amendment of s 12 (Chief health officer may make standards) . . . . . . . . . . 32
63 Amendment of s 143A (Authority holder to notify chief executive of
certain events) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
64 Insertion of new pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PART 13--VALIDATING PROVISION
165 Validation of notices under s 12(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF RADIATION SAFETY ACT 1999
65 Act amended in pt 11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
66 Amendment of s 16 (Making of radiation safety standards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF ACTS
67 Other amendments of Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
AMENDMENTS OF ACTS
DENTAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
DENTAL TECHNICIANS AND DENTAL PROSTHETISTS
REGISTRATION ACT 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
FOOD ACT 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS) ACT 1999 ................................ 36
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HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (SPECIAL EVENTS EXEMPTION)
ACT 1998 .............................................. 36
MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGISTS REGISTRATION
ACT 2001 ............................................. 36
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PHARMACISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PODIATRISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
PSYCHOLOGISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
TOBACCO AND OTHER SMOKING PRODUCTS ACT 1998 . . . . . . . . . 39
2003
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend Acts administered by the Minister for Health, and for
other purposes
s1 8 s4
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Health and Other Legislation Amendment 4
Act 2003. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
Section 67 and the schedule, in relation to the amendment of the 7
Pharmacists Registration Act 2001, are taken to have commenced on 8
1 February 2002. 9
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FREEDOM OF 10
INFORMATION ACT 1992 11
3 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 12
This part amends the Freedom of Information Act 1992. 13
4 Amendment of s 11 (Act not to apply to certain bodies etc.)
Clause 14
Section 11(1)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(pa)a committee declared to be an approved quality assurance 17
committee under the Health Services Act 1991, section 31(1); 18
or'. 19
s5 9 s8
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PART 3--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH ACT 1937 1
5 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 2
This part amends the Health Act 1937. 3
6 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation)
Clause 4
Section 5(1)-- 5
insert-- 6
` "nurse", for part 2, division 1, see section 6.'. 7
7 Insertion of new s 6
Clause 8
Part 2, division 1, before section 7-- 9
insert-- 10
`6 Definition for div 1 11
`In this division-- 12
"nurse" means a nurse, midwife, or other person authorised to practise 13
nursing, under the Nursing Act 1992.'. 14
8 Insertion of new s 18B
Clause 15
Part 2, division 1, after section 18A-- 16
insert-- 17
`18B Chief executive may inform boards about particular matters 18
`(1) This section applies if the chief executive reasonably believes-- 19
(a) a registrant, nurse or veterinary surgeon has committed an 20
offence against this Act; or 21
(b) a ground exists for the chief executive to suspend or cancel, or 22
impose or vary conditions on, an approval or authority held by a 23
registrant, nurse or veterinary surgeon under the Health (Drugs 24
and Poisons) Regulation 1996. 25
`(2) The chief executive may give information about the belief, including 26
the grounds for the belief-- 27
s9 10 s 12
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(a) for a registrant--to the registrant's board; or 1
(b) for a nurse--to the Queensland Nursing Council; or 2
(c) for a veterinary surgeon--to the Veterinary Surgeons Board of 3
Queensland.'. 4
9 Amendment of s 153Y (Dealing with certain things)
Clause 5
Section 153Y(1), from `or seizes' to `analyst,'-- 6
omit. 7
10 Amendment of s 153ZD (Analysis)
Clause 8
Section 153ZD(1), from `takes' to `analysis,'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`, under section 151(3)(c),1 takes a thing for analysis'. 11
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH PRACTITIONERS 12
(PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS) ACT 1999 13
11 Act amended in pt 4
Clause 14
This part amends the Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) 15
Act 1999. 16
12 Amendment of s 176 (Pre-hearing conference)
Clause 17
Section 176(6), after `may'-- 18
insert-- 19
`, using any form of communication,'. 20
1 Section 151 (General powers after entering place)
s 13 11 s 16
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13 Amendment of s 188 (Questions to be decided by majority of
Clause 1
panel) 2
Section 188-- 3
insert-- 4
`(2) A vote on the question may be taken using any form of 5
communication.'. 6
14 Amendment of s 217 (Directions conference)
Clause 7
Section 217-- 8
insert-- 9
`(8) For this section, the tribunal's powers may be exercised also by a 10
tribunal member, other than the constituting member for the matter or 11
proceeding.'. 12
15 Insertion of new s 227A
Clause 13
After section 227-- 14
insert-- 15
`227A Procedure if tribunal member unable to hear matter 16
`(1) This section applies if-- 17
(a) the tribunal has not started to hear a disciplinary matter; and 18
(b) the constituting member for the matter ceases to be qualified to 19
be a tribunal member or, for another reason, is unable to hear the 20
matter. 21
`(2) The tribunal's chairperson must choose another tribunal member to 22
hear the matter.'. 23
16 Amendment of s 259 (Practice directions)
Clause 24
Section 259(3)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(3) Subject to directions issued under subsection (2), the constituting 27
member for a disciplinary matter, or another tribunal member, may issue 28
directions about the matter.'. 29
s 17 12 s 21
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PART 5--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH RIGHTS 1
COMMISSION ACT 1991 2
17 Act amended in pt 5
Clause 3
This part amends the Health Rights Commission Act 1991. 4
18 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions)
Clause 5
Section 3(1), definition "complainant"-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
` "complainant" means-- 8
(a) a person who makes a health service complaint; or 9
(b) a person substituted, under section 61(5), for a person mentioned 10
in paragraph (a).'. 11
19 Amendment of s 59 (Who may complain)
Clause 12
Section 59(1)(b), `61'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`61(1), (3) or (4)'. 15
20 Amendment of s 60 (Complaints about persons who are no longer
Clause 16
registered providers) 17
Section 60(3)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(3) This Act applies, with any necessary changes, to the person about 20
whom the complaint was made as if a reference to a registered provider 21
included the person.'. 22
21 Amendment of s 61 (Representative complaints)
Clause 23
(1) Section 61(1), `subsection (3)'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`subsections (3) to (5)'. 26
s 22 13 s 22
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(2) Section 61(3)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(3) Any of the following persons may make a health service complaint 3
on behalf of a user who has impaired capacity for a matter within the 4
meaning of the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000-- 5
(a) an attorney for the user under an enduring power of attorney, or 6
advance health directive, under the Powers of Attorney Act 1998; 7
(b) a statutory health attorney under the Powers of Attorney 8
Act 1998; 9
(c) a guardian for the user under the Guardianship and 10
Administration Act 2000; 11
(d) the adult guardian under the Guardianship and Administration 12
Act 2000. 13
`(4) Also, a health service complaint may be made by a person on behalf 14
of a user, after the user's death, if the commissioner is satisfied the person 15
has a sufficient interest. 16
`(5) A person may be substituted as the complainant for a health service 17
complaint if-- 18
(a) the original complainant dies; and 19
(b) the commissioner is satisfied the person has a sufficient interest.'. 20
22 Amendment of s 64 (Complainant to reveal identity)
Clause 21
(1) Section 64(1), `person who makes a health service complaint'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`complainant'. 24
(2) Section 64, `person's'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`complainant's'. 27
(3) Section 64(2), `person'-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
`complainant'. 30
s 23 14 s 27
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23 Amendment of s 65 (Further information from complainant)
Clause 1
Section 65, `person who makes a health service complaint'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`complainant'. 4
24 Amendment of s 66 (Commissioner may require affidavit)
Clause 5
Section 66, `provided by the complainant'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`provided by a complainant'. 8
25 Amendment of s 67 (Commissioner to immediately assess all
Clause 9
health service complaints) 10
Section 67(2)(d), `user'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`complainant'. 13
26 Amendment of s 79 (Decisions not to take action)
Clause 14
Section 79(5)(b), `complainant'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`person who made the complaint'. 17
27 Insertion of new pt 10 hdg
Clause 18
After section 148-- 19
insert-- 20
`PART 10--TRANSITIONAL AND OTHER 21
PROVISIONS'. 22
s 28 15 s 30
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28 Insertion of new s 151
Clause 1
After section 150-- 2
insert-- 3
`151 Validating provision for Health and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2003 5
`(1) This section applies if, before the commencement of this section-- 6
(a) a health service complaint was made, or was purported to be 7
made, to the commissioner by a person acting on behalf of a user, 8
after the user's death; or 9
(b) a person was substituted, or was purported to be substituted, as 10
the complainant for a health service complaint, after the original 11
complainant died. 12
`(2) The complaint is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as if 13
it were made, after the commencement, under section 61(4) or (5).2'. 14
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES 15
ACT 1991 16
29 Act amended in pt 6
Clause 17
This part amends the Health Services Act 1991. 18
30 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
Clause 19
Section 2-- 20
insert-- 21
` "committee", for part 4, division 2, see section 30. 22
"relevant person", for part 4, division 2, see section 30.'. 23
2 Section 61 (Representative complaints)
s 31 16 s 32
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31 Amendment of s 30 (Definitions)
Clause 1
Section 30-- 2
insert-- 3
` "relevant person", for a committee, means a person authorised by the 4
committee to receive information to enable the committee to perform 5
its functions.'. 6
32 Replacement of ss 33 and 34
Clause 7
Sections 33 and 34-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`33 Disclosure etc. of information 10
`(1) A person who is or was a member of a committee must not make a 11
record of, or divulge or communicate to someone else, information 12
acquired by the person as a member of the committee, other than-- 13
(a) for the purpose of exercising the functions of a member of the 14
committee; or 15
(b) under a regulation made, or direction given, under section 37.3 16
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units. 17
`(2) Also, a person who is or was a relevant person for a committee must 18
not make a record of, or divulge or communicate to someone else, 19
information acquired by the person as a relevant person for the committee, 20
other than for the purpose of enabling the committee to perform its 21
functions. 22
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units. 23
`34 Information not to be given in evidence 24
`(1) A person who is or was a member of a committee, or relevant person 25
for a committee, is neither competent nor compellable-- 26
(a) to produce, in compliance with a requirement under an Act, or 27
legal process, any document in the person's possession or under 28
3 Section 37 (Further responsibilities of committees)
s 33 17 s 33
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the person's control created by, at the request of, or solely for the 1
purpose of, the committee; or 2
(b) to divulge or communicate, in compliance with a requirement 3
under an Act, or legal process, information that came to the 4
person's notice as a member of the committee or relevant person 5
for the committee. 6
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a requirement made in proceedings 7
about an act or omission by the person or committee.'. 8
33 Amendment of s 36 (Personal liability of members etc.)
Clause 9
(1) Section 36(1), `, a member of a committee'-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 36(1), `such a member'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`the committee'. 14
(3) Section 36(2), `, a member of the committee'-- 15
omit. 16
(4) Section 36, after `direction'-- 17
insert-- 18
`or at the request'. 19
(5) Section 36(3), `the members of a committee incur'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a committee, or a person acting under the direction or at the request of a 22
committee, incurs'. 23
(6) Section 36(3), `members are'-- 24
`committee or person is'. 25
(7) Section 36-- 26
insert-- 27
`(5) For subsections (1) to (3)-- 28
"committee" includes all or each of the members of the committee.'. 29
s 34 18 s 36
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34 Amendment of s 37 (Further responsibilities of committees)
Clause 1
(1) Section 37(1), from `The' to `respect to'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`A regulation may make provision for'. 4
(2) Section 37(1)(d)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(d) requiring committees to give specified information to the chief 7
health officer.'. 8
(3) Section 37-- 9
insert-- 10
`(3) In this section-- 11
"chief health officer" means the chief health officer under the Health 12
Act 1937.'. 13
35 Amendment of s 57 (Duty of confidentiality of officials)
Clause 14
Section 57-- 15
insert-- 16
`(4) Also, a person may disclose the information to someone else if-- 17
(a) the disclosure is to-- 18
(i) the chief executive; or 19
(ii) another officer, employee or agent of the department who is 20
authorised in writing by the chief executive to receive the 21
information; and 22
(b) the purpose of the giving and receipt of the information is to give 23
the information under section 63(2)(gb).'. 24
36 Amendment of s 63 (Confidentiality)
Clause 25
(1) Section 63(2)-- 26
insert-- 27
`(ga)to the giving of information to the chief executive to allow the 28
chief executive to act under paragraph (gb); or 29
s 37 19 s 37
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(gb) to the giving of information to another person if the chief 1
executive considers the giving of the information is in the public 2
interest and the information is-- 3
(i) given by the chief executive; or 4
(ii) given, with the chief executive's written authority, by an 5
officer, employee or agent of the department; or'. 6
(2) Section 63-- 7
insert-- 8
`(4A) Subsection (4) does not apply if-- 9
(a) the information is given to-- 10
(i) the chief executive; or 11
(ii) another officer, employee or agent of the department who is 12
authorised in writing by the chief executive to receive the 13
information; and 14
(b) the purpose of the giving and receipt of the information is to give 15
the information under subsection (2)(gb). 16
`(4B) In the department's annual report for a financial year under the 17
Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, the chief executive must 18
include details of-- 19
(a) the nature of any information given, under subsection (2)(gb), 20
during the financial year; and 21
(b) the purpose for which the information was given. 22
`(4C) However, the details mentioned in subsection (4B) must not 23
identify, directly or indirectly, the person to whom the information relates.'. 24
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF HOSPITALS 25
FOUNDATIONS ACT 1982 26
37 Act amended in pt 7
Clause 27
This part amends the Hospitals Foundations Act 1982. 28
s 38 20 s 41
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
38 Amendment of s 18 (Members of body corporate)
Clause 1
(1) Section 18(2)-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 18(3)(d), from `in' to `19'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`under subsection (4) who, in the Minister's opinion, have an interest in, 6
and are able to help in achieving, the body corporate's objects'. 7
(3) Section 18(4)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(4) For nominating persons for appointment as members of a body 10
corporate, the Minister must consult with entities the Minister considers 11
have an interest in the body corporate's purposes or objects.'. 12
39 Omission of s 19 (Minister's nomination from panel of names)
Clause 13
Section 19-- 14
omit. 15
40 Replacement of ss 21 and 22
Clause 16
Sections 21 and 22-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`21 Term of appointment 19
`An appointed member must be appointed for a term of not more than 20
5 years.'. 21
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF MEDICAL 22
PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 23
41 Act amended in pt 8
Clause 24
This part amends the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001. 25
s 42 21 s 44
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
42 Amendment of s 111 (Eligibility)
Clause 1
Section 111(2), `a general registrant'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`qualified for general registration under section 44'. 4
43 Insertion of new s 121A
Clause 5
After section 121-- 6
insert-- 7
`121A Condition of practice under supervision 8
`(1) This section applies if, under section 121(1), a person is registered 9
as a specialist registrant on condition the registrant carry out the registrant's 10
practice under supervision. 11
`(2) The board may ask a person involved in the supervision to give 12
information to the board about the supervised practice.'. 13
44 Insertion of new s 141A
Clause 14
After section 141-- 15
insert-- 16
`141A Condition of practice under supervision 17
`(1) This section applies if, under section 141(1), a person is registered 18
as a special purpose registrant on condition the registrant carry out the 19
registrant's practice under supervision. 20
`(2) The board may ask a person involved in the supervision to give 21
information to the board about the supervised practice.'. 22
s 45 22 s 45
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
45 Insertion of new pt 3, div 10A
Clause 1
After part 3, division 10-- 2
insert-- 3
`Division 10A--Non-practising registrations 4
`Subdivision 1--Eligibility for non-practising registration 5
`150B Eligibility 6
`A person is eligible for non-practising registration if-- 7
(a) the person-- 8
(i) is a registrant; or 9
(ii) has been registered under this Act or the repealed Act or is, 10
or has been, registered under a corresponding law; and 11
(b) the person is a suitable person to be a non-practising registrant. 12
`Subdivision 2--Applications for non-practising registration 13
`150C Application of div 2 14
`For a person being registered as a non-practising registrant, division 2,4 15
other than sections 42(1)(c)(i) and (iii), (2) and (3), 43 to 50, and 53 to 60, 16
applies as if-- 17
(a) an application for general registration were an application for 18
non-practising registration; and 19
(b) an applicant for general registration were an applicant for 20
non-practising registration; and 21
(c) a general registration were a non-practising registration; and 22
(d) a general registrant were a non-practising registrant; and 23
(e) a certificate of general registration were a certificate of 24
non-practising registration. 25
4 Division 2 (Applications for general registration)
s 45 23 s 45
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`150D Suitability of proposed non-practising registrant 1
`(1) In deciding whether an applicant for non-practising registration is a 2
suitable person to be a non-practising registrant, the board may have regard 3
to each of the following-- 4
(a) any conviction of the applicant for an indictable offence; 5
(b) any conviction of the applicant for an offence against the 6
repealed Act, this Act, the Health Practitioners (Professional 7
Standards) Act 1999 or a corresponding law; 8
(c) any conviction of the applicant for an offence, relating to the 9
practice of the profession-- 10
(i) against the Health Act 1937 or the Fair Trading Act 1989; or 11
(ii) against another law applying, or that applied, in the State, 12
the Commonwealth, another State or a foreign country; 13
(d) if the applicant is, or has been, registered under this Act, has been 14
registered under the repealed Act or is, or has been, registered 15
under a corresponding law, and the registration was affected-- 16
(i) by the imposition of a condition--the nature of the 17
condition and the reason for its imposition; or 18
(ii) by its suspension or cancellation--the reason for its 19
suspension or cancellation; or 20
(iii) in another way--the way it was affected and the reason for 21
it being affected; 22
(e) any other issue relevant to the applicant's suitability to be a 23
non-practising registrant. 24
`(2) In subsection (1), mention of a conviction does not include a 25
conviction that is not part of the applicant's criminal history. 26
`(3) The board may ask the commissioner of the police service for a 27
written report about the applicant's criminal history. 28
`(4) If asked by the board, the commissioner of the police service must 29
give the board a written report about the criminal history of the applicant, 30
including the criminal history in the commissioner's possession or to which 31
the commissioner has access. 32
`(5) In this section-- 33
"criminal history", of an applicant, means the applicant's criminal history 34
as defined under the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) 35
s 45 24 s 45
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
Act 1986, other than convictions for which the rehabilitation period 1
has expired, and has not been revived, under that Act. 2
`150E Board's powers before deciding applications 3
`(1) Before deciding an application for non-practising registration, the 4
board-- 5
(a) may investigate the applicant; and 6
(b) may, by notice given to the applicant, require the applicant to 7
give the board, within a reasonable time of at least 30 days stated 8
in the notice, further information or a document the board 9
reasonably requires to decide the application. 10
`(2) The board may require the information or document mentioned in 11
subsection (1)(b) to be verified by a statutory declaration. 12
`(3) The applicant is taken to have withdrawn the application if, within 13
the stated time, the applicant does not comply with a requirement under 14
subsection (1)(b). 15
`(4) A notice under subsection (1)(b) must be given to the applicant 16
within 60 days after the board receives the application. 17
`150F Failure to decide application 18
`(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), if the board fails to decide the 19
application within 60 days after its receipt, the failure is taken to be a 20
decision by the board to refuse to register the applicant as a non-practising 21
registrant. 22
`(2) Subsection (3) applies if the board has, under section 150E(1)(b), 23
required the applicant to give the board further information or a document. 24
`(3) The board is taken to have decided to refuse to register the applicant 25
as a non-practising registrant if it fails to decide the application by the day 26
that is 60 days after the board receives the further information or document. 27
`150G Forms of certificates of non-practising registration 28
`(1) A certificate of non-practising registration must be in the approved 29
form. 30
s 45 25 s 45
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`(2) The approved form must provide for the inclusion of the 1
following-- 2
(a) the registrant's name; 3
(b) the condition of registration mentioned in section 150H. 4
`150H Standard condition 5
`(1) A non-practising registration is subject to the condition that the 6
registrant does not practise the profession. 7
`(2) The registrant must not contravene the condition. 8
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 9
`Subdivision 3--Cancellation of non-practising registrations 10
`150I Application of div 6 11
`For cancelling a non-practising registration, division 6, other than 12
section 84,5 applies as if-- 13
(a) a general registration were a non-practising registration; and 14
(b) a certificate of general registration were a certificate of 15
non-practising registration. 16
`150J Grounds for cancellation 17
`Each of the following is a ground for cancelling a non-practising 18
registration-- 19
(a) the registrant has been convicted of an indictable offence; 20
(b) the registrant has been convicted of an offence against this Act, 21
the Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999 or a 22
corresponding law; 23
(c) the registrant has contravened the condition of registration 24
mentioned in section 150H; 25
5 Division 6 (Cancellation of general registrations), section 84 (Grounds for
cancellation)
s 46 26 s 47
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(d) the registrant was registered because of a materially false or 1
misleading representation or declaration.'. 2
46 Amendment of s 157 (Taking of restricted titles etc.)
Clause 3
Section 157(8)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(8) However, a non-practising registrant may take or use-- 6
(a) the title `doctor'; or 7
(b) a title, name, initial, symbol, word or description that, having 8
regard to the circumstances in which it is taken or used, indicates 9
or could be reasonably understood to indicate a medical 10
qualification held by the registrant. 11
`(9) In this section-- 12
"medical practitioner" is not limited by the meaning of the term in the 13
dictionary in schedule 3. 14
"registrant" does not include a non-practising registrant.'. 15
47 Insertion of new s 180A
Clause 16
After section 180-- 17
insert-- 18
`180A Protection from liability 19
`(1) This section applies if a body, honestly and on reasonable grounds, 20
gives advice, or makes a recommendation, to the board under 21
section 180(2)(d). 22
`(2) A discloser is not liable, civilly, criminally or under an 23
administrative process, for disclosing information contained in the advice 24
or recommendation. 25
`(3) Without limiting subsection (2)-- 26
(a) in a proceeding for defamation, the discloser has a defence of 27
absolute privilege for publishing the disclosed information; and 28
(b) if the discloser would otherwise be required to maintain 29
confidentiality about the disclosed information under an Act or 30
oath, or a rule of law or practice, the discloser-- 31
s 48 27 s 49
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(i) does not contravene the Act, oath, or rule of law or practice 1
by disclosing the information; and 2
(ii) is not liable to disciplinary action for disclosing the 3
information. 4
`(4) In this section-- 5
"discloser" means any of the following-- 6
(a) a body that gives advice, or makes a recommendation, under 7
section 180(2)(d); 8
(b) all the members of that body; 9
(c) each of the members of that body.'. 10
48 Amendment of s 254 (Register to be kept)
Clause 11
(1) Section 254(3)(c), after `provisional general registrant,'-- 12
insert-- 13
`non-practising registrant,'. 14
(2) Section 254(4)-- 15
renumber as section 254(5). 16
(3) Section 254-- 17
insert-- 18
`(4) Subsection (3)(g) does not apply to a non-practising registrant.'. 19
49 Amendment of s 256 (Records)
Clause 20
(1) Section 256(2)-- 21
renumber as section 256(3). 22
(2) Section 256-- 23
insert-- 24
`(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to the condition of non-practising 25
registration mentioned in section 150H.'. 26
s 50 28 s 51
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50 Amendment of s 264 (How board may deal with health records)
Clause 1
Section 264(2)(b), after `Act'-- 2
insert-- 3
`, other than a non-practising registrant,'. 4
51 Amendment of s 272 (Protection for persons supervising
Clause 5
registrants undertaking prescribed internship or supervised 6
practice program) 7
(1) Section 272, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`272 Protection for persons involved in supervising registrants'. 10
(2) Section 272(1)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(1) This section applies to a person who, honestly and on reasonable 13
grounds, gives information to the board-- 14
(a) about a registrant in the person's capacity as the registrant's 15
internship nominee or supervisor for an internship or supervised 16
practice program; or 17
(b) in response to a request made under section 121A(2) or 18
141A(2).6'. 19
6 Section 121A (Condition of practice under supervision) or 141A (Condition of
practice under supervision)
s 52 29 s 53
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52 Amendment of sch 1 (Decisions for which information notices
Clause 1
must be given) 2
Schedule 1-- 3
insert-- 4
`51, as applied by section 150C Deciding to refuse to register an
applicant for non-practising
registration as a non-practising
registrant
88, as applied by section 150I Deciding to cancel a non-practising
registration'.
53 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
Clause 5
(1) Schedule 3, definitions "show cause notice" and "show cause 6
period"-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Schedule 3-- 9
insert-- 10
` "certificate of non-practising registration" means a certificate of 11
non-practising registration issued under part 3, division 10A. 12
"non-practising registrant" means a person registered, under part 3, 13
division 10A, as a non-practising registrant. 14
"non-practising registration" means registration of a person as a 15
non-practising registrant under part 3, division 10A. 16
"show cause notice"-- 17
(a) for part 3, division 6--see section 85(1); or 18
(b) for part 5, division 4--see section 191(1). 19
"show cause period"-- 20
(a) for part 3, division 6--see section 85(2)(d); or 21
(b) for part 5, division 4--see section 191(2)(d).'. 22
s 54 30 s 55
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(3) Schedule 3, definition "certificate of registration", after `provisional 1
general registration,'-- 2
insert-- 3
`certificate of non-practising registration,'. 4
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF PEST MANAGEMENT 5
ACT 2001 6
54 Act amended in pt 9
Clause 7
This part amends the Pest Management Act 2001. 8
55 Insertion of new s 5A
Clause 9
Part 1, division 1, after section 5-- 10
insert-- 11
`5A Meaning of "fumigant" 12
`(1) A "fumigant" is a substance that-- 13
(a) is capable of producing a gas or vapour; and 14
(b) is ordinarily used to do any of the following when in a gaseous or 15
vaporous state-- 16
(i) kill a pest; 17
(ii) sterilise grain or seed to prevent germination; 18
(iii) perform another function prescribed under a regulation for 19
this subparagraph. 20
`(2) However, a substance is not a fumigant if it is-- 21
(a) ordinarily used for household use; and 22
(b) ordinarily available for purchase in a retail store where groceries 23
are sold; and 24
(c) packaged in a way it is ordinarily available for purchase in a store 25
mentioned in paragraph (b). 26
s 56 31 s 60
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1
Example of a substance for subsection (2)--
2
Naphthalene packaged as mothballs.'.
56 Amendment of s 54 (Notice of change in circumstances)
Clause 3
Section 54, `advise the chief executive'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`give the chief executive notice'. 6
57 Amendment of s 96 (Dealing with certain things)
Clause 7
Section 96(1), from `or seizes' to `analyst,'-- 8
omit. 9
58 Amendment of s 101 (Analysis)
Clause 10
Section 101(1), from `takes' to `analysis,'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`, under section 69(3)(c),7 takes a thing for analysis'. 13
59 Amendment of s 111 (Hearing procedures)
Clause 14
Section 111(2), `original'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`review'. 17
60 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
Clause 18
Schedule 3, definition "fumigant"-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
` "fumigant" see section 5A.'. 21
7 Section 69 (General powers after entering place)
s 61 32 s 63
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF PRIVATE HEALTH 1
FACILITIES ACT 1999 2
61 Act amended in pt 10
Clause 3
This part amends the Private Health Facilities Act 1999. 4
62 Amendment of s 12 (Chief health officer may make standards)
Clause 5
(1) Section 12(3), `by gazette notice'-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 12(4)-- 8
omit. 9
(3) Section 12(5) to (7)-- 10
renumber as section 12(4) to (6). 11
(4) Section 12(4) and (5), as renumbered, `gazette'-- 12
omit. 13
63 Amendment of s 143A (Authority holder to notify chief executive
Clause 14
of certain events) 15
Section 143A, `chief executive'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`chief health officer'. 18
s 64 33 s 66
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64 Insertion of new pt 13
Clause 1
After section 164-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 13--VALIDATING PROVISION 4
`165 Validation of notices under s 12(3) 5
`(1) The Private Health Facilities (Standards) Notice 2000 is, and is 6
taken to have always been, as valid as if it had been published in the gazette 7
on 24 November 2000. 8
`(2) The Private Health Facilities (Standards) Amendment Notice 9
(No. 1) 2001 is, and is taken to have always been, as valid as if it had been 10
published in the gazette on 23 November 2001.'. 11
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF RADIATION SAFETY 12
ACT 1999 13
65 Act amended in pt 11
Clause 14
This part amends the Radiation Safety Act 1999. 15
66 Amendment of s 16 (Making of radiation safety standards)
Clause 16
(1) Section 16(4), `, by gazette notice,'-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 16(5)-- 19
omit. 20
(3) Section 16(6) and (7)-- 21
renumber as section 16(5) and (6). 22
(4) Section 16(5) and (6), as renumbered, `gazette'-- 23
omit. 24
s 67 34 s 67
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PART 12--AMENDMENT OF ACTS 1
67 Other amendments of Acts
Clause 2
The schedule amends the Acts mentioned in it. 3
35
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SCHEDULE 1
AMENDMENTS OF ACTS 2
section 67 3
DENTAL PRACTITIONERS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 4
1 Section 263(6), (8) and (9)-- 5
renumber as section 263(2) to (4). 6
DENTAL TECHNICIANS AND DENTAL 7
PROSTHETISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 8
1 Section 243(4) to (6)-- 9
renumber as section 243(3) to (5). 10
2 Section 243(4) and (5), as renumbered, `and (4)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`and (3)'. 13
FOOD ACT 1981 14
1 Section 57(3), `the schedule'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`schedule 1'. 17
36
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SCHEDULE (continued)
HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (PROFESSIONAL 1
STANDARDS) ACT 1999 2
1 Part 14, section 405-- 3
renumber as section 406. 4
2 Schedule, definitions "disciplinary matter" and "disciplinary 5
proceedings", paragraph (b), `review and appeals part'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`review and appeal part'. 8
HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (SPECIAL EVENTS 9
EXEMPTION) ACT 1998 10
1 Schedule, definition "health care services", after `medical 11
practitioners,'-- 12
insert-- 13
`medical radiation technologists,'. 14
MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGISTS 15
REGISTRATION ACT 2001 16
1 Section 138, example, `radiation therapist'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
19
`medical imaging technologist'.
37
Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
SCHEDULE (continued)
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2000 1
1 Section 250(1)(b), after `circumstances;'-- 2
insert-- 3
`and'. 4
2 Section 342(4)(b)(ii), from `the children's'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`the Commissioner for Children and Young People under the 7
Commission for Children and Young People Act 2000.'. 8
3 Section 349(4)(g)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(g) the ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman Act 2001;'. 11
4 Section 458(1)(a) and (b), `it; or'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`it;'. 14
PHARMACISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 15
1 Schedule 3, amendment 3, after ` "friendly society" '-- 16
insert-- 17
`, paragraph (b)(ii),'. 18
38
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SCHEDULE (continued)
PODIATRISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 1
1 Section 237(2)(a), `practitioner;'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`practitioner; or'. 4
2 Section 237(2)(b), `institution;'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`institution; or'. 7
PSYCHOLOGISTS REGISTRATION ACT 2001 8
1 Section 100(2), `subsections (2)'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`subsections (3)'. 11
2 Section 102(1)(a), `conditions;' 12
omit, insert-- 13
`conditions; or'. 14
3 Section 102(1)(b), `98(5)(c);' 15
omit, insert-- 16
`98(5)(c); or'. 17
4 Section 102(1)(c), `101(2);' 18
omit, insert-- 19
`101(2); or'. 20
39
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SCHEDULE (continued)
TOBACCO AND OTHER SMOKING PRODUCTS 1
ACT 1998 2
1 Section 26H(b), `prescribed'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`as prescribed'. 5
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