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Queensland
HEALTH LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1993
Queensland
HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CHIROPRACTORS AND
OSTEOPATHS ACT 1979
3 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Amendment of s.4A (Meaning of "chiropractic and osteopathy
company") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5 Amendment of s.7 (Members of Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Amendment of s.9 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 Amendment of s.28B (Regulation of company names) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8 Amendment of s.28C (Offence by company) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CREMATION ACT 1913
9 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10 Amendment of s.2 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
11 Replacement of ss.34P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3 Cremation to happen only at certain places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4 Permission to cremate at other places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4A Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 Omission of s.9 (Consent of cemetery authorities to application
for a crematorium) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13 Replacement of s.10 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
10 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
14 Omission of ss.1113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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PART 4--AMENDMENT OF DENTAL ACT 1971
15 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
16 Amendment of s.18 (Qualification for registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
17 Amendment of s.24 (Annual licence fee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
18 Amendment of s.35 (By-laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
19 Omission of s.36 (Procedural provisions re by-laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
20 Omission of s.37 (Amendment of Medical Act and Other Acts
(Administration) Act 19661969) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF DENTAL TECHNICIANS AND
DENTAL PROSTHETISTS ACT 1991
21 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
22 Amendment of s.3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
23 Amendment of s.25 (Qualifications for registration as dental
technicians and prosthetists) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH ACT 1937
24 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
25 Amendment of s.5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
26 Amendment of s.48 (Controlled notifiable diseases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
27 Amendment of s.62 (Removal of infirm person to institution) . . . . . . . . . . . 18
28 Amendment of s.63 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
29 Insertion of new s.63A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
63A Meaning of "day hospital" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
30 Replacement of s.100E (Secrecy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
100E Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
31 Replacement of s.100I (Confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
100I Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
32 Amendment of s.131Q (Conditions of licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH RIGHTS COMMISSION
ACT 1991
33 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
34 Amendment of s.27 (Co-operation with interested organisations) . . . . . . . . 22
35 Amendment of s.32 (Minister's directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
36 Insertion of new s.33A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
33A Commission's budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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37 Amendment of s.52 (Council Meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
38 Insertion of new s.68A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
68A Commissioner to invite submissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
39 Amendment of s.73 (Information and local resolution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
40 Amendment of s.74 (Decisions not to take action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
41 Amendment of s.78 (Conciliation function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
42 Insertion of new s.87A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
87A Administrative support staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
43 Replacement of s.130 (Commissioner may intervene in
disciplinary proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
130 Commissioner may intervene in disciplinary proceedings . . . . . . . . 24
44 Amendment of s.138 (Preservation of confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
45 Amendment of s.142 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF HOSPITALS FOUNDATIONS ACT
1982
46 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
47 Amendment of s.4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
48 Amendment of s.5 (Class of applicant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
49 Replacement of s.7 (Authority to establish bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . 26
7 Establishment of bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
50 Amendment of s.8 (Body to be incorporated) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
51 Amendment of s.9 (Registration of bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
52 Amendment of s.10 (Name of bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
53 Amendment of s.18 (Members of body corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
54 Amendment of s.20 (Appointment of members) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
55 Amendment of s.21 (Term of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
56 Amendment of s.23 (Casual vacancies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
57 Amendment of s.24 (Vacation of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
58 Amendment of s.28 (Chairman and deputy chairman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
59 Amendment of s.37 (Employees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
60 Amendment of s.41 (Insurance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
61 Amendment of s.44 (Audit of accounts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
62 Amendment of s.56 (Removal from Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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63 Replacement of s.57 (Winding-up of bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
57 Winding-up of bodies corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
64 Amendment of s.59 (Dissolution of bodies corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
65 Amendment of s.61 (Effect of winding up etc. on offices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
66 Replacement of s.63 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
63 Delegation by Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
67 Replacement of s.64 (Delegation by body corporate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
64 Delegation by body corporate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
68 Amendment of s.71 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
69 Replacement of s.72 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
72 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
70 Amendment of s.73 (Rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF MEDICAL ACT 1939
71 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
72 Amendment of s.8 (Constitution of Board; president) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
73 Amendment of s.9 (Disqualifications from membership of Board) . . . . . . . 32
74 Amendment of s.18 (Specialists) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1974
75 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
76 Amendment of s.28B (Mental Health Tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
77 Insertion of new Part 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
PART 7--FINANCIAL PROVISIONS
72A Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
78 Replacement of s.73 (Financial provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
73 Patients' Trust Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
73A Amenities account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
73B Patients' advisory committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
79 Amendment of s.74 (Power to accept gifts etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
80 Replacement of s.75 (Investment of moneys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
81 Insertion of new Part 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PART 8--VALIDATIONS
77 Wacol Rehabilitation Clinic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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78 Establishment of Barrett Psychiatry Centre and Barrett
Adolescent Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
79 Administration of certain hospitals by Regional Health
Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
80 Administration of certain amounts by Regional Health
Authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
81 Maintenance charges at security patients' hospitals and
other places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
82 Maintenance charges at psychiatric hospitals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
83 Application of s.20A of Acts Interpretation Act 1954 and
expiry of Part and Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
82 Insertion of new Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SCHEDULE 1
ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS BY REGIONAL
HEALTH AUTHORITIES
83 Amendment of Schedule 6 (Subject Matters for Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . 39
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
ACT 1979
84 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
85 Amendment of s.7 (Members of Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
86 Amendment of s.9 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF PHARMACY ACT 1976
87 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
88 Amendment of s.8 (Members of Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
89 Amendment of s.10 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PART 13--AMENDMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS ACT 1964
90 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
91 Amendment of s.7 (Members of the Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PART 14--AMENDMENT OF PODIATRISTS ACT 1969
92 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
93 Amendment of s.3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
94 Omission of s.4 (Administration of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
95 Amendment of s.6 (Members of Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
96 Amendment of s.7 (Chairman and deputy chairman of Board) . . . . . . . . . . 41
97 Amendment of s.8 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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98 Amendment of s.26 (Certain actions implying registration or
qualification prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
99 Amendment of s.26A (Practice of Podiatry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
100 Amendment of s.30 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
101 Amendment of s.31 (By-laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
PART 15--AMENDMENT OF PSYCHOLOGISTS ACT 1977
Clause 102 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
103 Amendment of s.7 (Members of Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
104 Amendment of s.9 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
PART 16--AMENDMENT OF SPEECH PATHOLOGISTS ACT
1979
105 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
106 Amendment of s.7 (Members of Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
107 Amendment of s.9 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
108 Amendment of s.17 (The register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
PART 17--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPLANTATION AND
ANATOMY ACT 1979
109 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
110 Amendment of s.4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
111 Amendment of s.5 (Declaration of Hospitals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
112 Omission of s.7 (Administration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
113 Omission of Division 6 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
114 Amendment of s.37 (Establishment of schools of anatomy) . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
115 Omission of s.39 (Regulations in respect of schools of anatomy) . . . . . . . . 46
116 Amendment of s.40 (Unauthorised buying of tissue prohibited) . . . . . . . . . 46
117 Amendment of s.41 (Advertisements relating to buying of tissue
restricted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
118 Amendment of s.42 (Unauthorised selling of tissue prohibited) . . . . . . . . . 47
119 Amendment of s.44 (Evidentiary provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
120 Amendment of s.45 (When death occurs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
121 Amendment of s.48 (Offences in relation to removal of tissue) . . . . . . . . . 47
122 Amendment of s.48A (Offence to give false or misleading information) . . 47
123 Amendment of s.49 (Disclosure of information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
124 Amendment of s.50 (Proceedings for offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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125. Replacement of s.52 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
52 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
126 Omission of s.53 (Savings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
127 Omission of s.54 (Repeal and amendments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
PART 18--REPEALS
128 Repeal of Inebriates Institutions Act 1896 and Inebriates
Institutions Act Amendment Act 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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MINOR AMENDMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT 1974
1993
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend certain Acts administered by the Minister of Health
and to repeal the Inebriates Institutions Act 1896 and the
Inebriates Institutions Act Amendment Act 1968
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment Act 4
Clause1.
1993. 5
6
Commencement
This Act (other than sections 7 and 8) commences on a day to 7
Clause2.(1)
be fixed by proclamation. 8
(2) Sections 7 and 8 are taken to have commenced on 18 December 9
1992. 10
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF CHIROPRACTORS AND 11
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OSTEOPATHS ACT 1979 12
Act 13
Amended
The Chiropractors and Osteopaths Act 1979 is amended as set out 14
Clause3.
in this Part. 15
of s.4A (Meaning of "chiropractic and osteopathy 16
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company") 17
Section 4A-- 18
Clause4.
omit `incorporated in Queensland'. 19
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of s.7 (Members of Board) 1
Amendment
Clause5. Section 7(1) (2nd last sentence)-- 2
omit. 3
of s.9 (Tenure of office) 4
Amendment
Clause6. Section 9(3)(a)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) dies;'. 7
of s.28B (Regulation of company names) 8
Amendment
Section 28B(2)-- 9
Clause7.
omit `for 6 months beginning on that commencement', 10
insert `until 30 June 1994'. 11
of s.28C (Offence by company) 12
Amendment
Section 28C-- 13
Clause8.
insert-- 14
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply until 30 June 1994.'. 15
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF CREMATION ACT 1913 16
P
Act 17
Amended
The Cremation Act 1913 is amended as set out in this Part. 18
Clause9.
of s.2 (Interpretation) 19
Amendment
Clause10.(1) Section 2 (heading)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
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`Definitions'. 1
(2) Section 2 (definitions "Area", "Cemetery", "Crematorium 2
licence", "Establish", "Holder", "Inspector", "License" and "Local 3
Authority")-- 4
omit. 5
(3) Section 2 (definition "Crematorium")-- 6
omit `in accordance with the provisions of this Act'. 7
of ss.34P 8
Replacement
Sections 3 to 4P-- 9
Clause11.
omit, insert-- 10
to happen only at certain places 11
`Cremation
`3. A person must not cremate a human body at a place unless the use of 12
the place for that purpose is a lawful use of the place under the Local 13
Government (Planning and Environment) Act 1990. 14
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units. 15
to cremate at other places 16
`Permission
`4.(1) A person may apply to the Minister for permission to cremate a 17
human body at another place. 18
`(2) The application must be in writing. 19
`(3) The Minister may grant the application only if the Minister is 20
satisfied that the health and safety of the public will not be placed at risk. 21
`(4) If the Minister grants the application, the Minister must give the 22
applicant a written permit. 23
`(5) The permit may contain conditions. 24
`(6) If the Minister refuses the application, the Minister must give the 25
applicant written reasons for the decision. 26
`(7) Despite section 3, a person may cremate a human body under the 27
permit. 28
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1
`Appeals
`4A.(1) An applicant for a permit under section 4 may appeal against the 2
Minister's decision-- 3
(a) to refuse the application; or 4
(b) to issue a permit, but on conditions that the applicant objects to. 5
`(2) The appeal may be made to the Magistrates Court nearest the place 6
of the proposed cremation. 7
`(3) An appeal is started by-- 8
(a) filing a written notice of appeal with the clerk of the court of the 9
Magistrates Court; and 10
(b) serving a copy of the notice on the Minister. 11
`(4) The notice of appeal must state the grounds of the appeal. 12
`(5) The power under the Magistrates Courts Act 1921 to make rules of 13
court for Magistrates Courts includes power to make rules of court for 14
appeals to Magistrates Courts under this section. 15
`(6) The procedure for an appeal to a Magistrates Court under this section 16
is to be in accordance with-- 17
(a) the rules made under the Magistrates Courts Act 1921; or 18
(b) in the absence of relevant rules--the Court's directions. 19
`(7) An appeal is to be by way of rehearing, unaffected by the Minister's 20
decision. 21
`(8) In deciding an appeal, the Court-- 22
(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence; and 23
(b) must observe natural justice; and 24
(c) may hear the appeal in court or chambers. 25
`(9) In deciding an appeal, the Court may-- 26
(a) confirm the Minister's decision; or 27
(b) set the Minister's decision aside and substitute another decision. 28
`(10) In substituting another decision, the Court has the same powers as 29
the Minister. 30
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`(11) If the Court substitutes another decision, the substituted decision is 1
taken, for the purposes of section 4, to be the Minister's decision (other than 2
for the purpose of an appeal under subsection (1)).'. 3
of s.9 (Consent of cemetery authorities to application for a 4
Omission
crematorium) 5
Section 9-- 6
Clause12.
omit. 7
of s.10 (Regulations) 8
Replacement
Section 10-- 9
Clause13.
omit, insert-- 10
11
`Regulations
`10.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes 12
of this Act. 13
`(2) A regulation may-- 14
(a) prescribe the purposes for which fees are payable under this Act, 15
the amounts of fees, the persons who are liable to pay fees, when 16
fees are payable, the waiver of fees and the recovery of unpaid 17
amounts of fees; or 18
(b) prescribe offences for contravention of a regulation, and fix a 19
maximum penalty of not more than 2 penalty units for a 20
contravention.'. 21
of ss.1113 22
Omission
Sections 11 to 13-- 23
Clause14.
omit. 24
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PART 4--AMENDMENT OF DENTAL ACT 1971 1
Act 2
Amended
The Dental Act 1971 is amended as set out in this Part. 3
Clause15.
of s.18 (Qualification for registration) 4
Amendment
Section 18-- 5
Clause16.(1)
insert-- 6
`(3A) Subject to section 20(3), a dentist is also entitled to be registered as 7
a dental specialist if the dentist-- 8
(a) applies to the Board in the prescribed form; and 9
(b) pays the fee prescribed by regulation; and 10
(c) satisfies the Board that the dentist has qualifications, experience 11
and standing in the dental specialty to which the application relates 12
at least equal to-- 13
(i) a 2 year full-time course work Masters degree in the 14
specialty; and 15
(ii) 2 additional years experience in the specialty.'. 16
(2) Section 18(4)-- 17
omit `from time to time, upon the recommendation of the Board by 18
Order in Council', 19
insert `by regulation,'. 20
of s.24 (Annual licence fee) 21
Amendment
Section 24(2)-- 22
Clause17.(1)
omit. 23
(2) Section 24(3) and (4)-- 24
omit `specified in subsection (2)', insert `prescribed by regulation'. 25
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of s.35 (By-laws) 1
Amendment
Clause18.(1) Section 35 (1st sentence)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`35.(1) The Board may make by-laws for the purposes of this Act.'. 4
(2) Section 35 (2nd sentence)-- 5
omit `Without limiting the power conferred by the foregoing provisions, 6
by-laws', 7
insert `(2) By-laws'. 8
(3) Section 35(2)(j)-- 9
omit `$250', insert `5 penalty units.'. 10
(4) Section 35(2)(l)-- 11
omit. 12
(5) Section 35 (at the end)-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3) By-laws do not have effect until they are approved by the Governor 15
in Council.'. 16
of s.36 (Procedural provisions re by-laws) 17
Omission
Section 36-- 18
Clause19.
omit. 19
of s.37 (Amendment of Medical Act and Other Acts 20
Omission
(Administration) Act 19661969) 21
Section 37-- 22
Clause20.
omit. 23
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ART 5--AMENDMENT OF DENTAL TECHNICIANS 1
P
AND DENTAL PROSTHETISTS ACT 1991 2
Act 3
Amended
The Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Act 1991 is 4
Clause21.
amended as set out in this Part. 5
of s.3 (Interpretation) 6
Amendment
Clause22. Section 3(1) (definition "medical practitioner")-- 7
omit. 8
of s.25 (Qualifications for registration as dental 9
Amendment
technicians and prosthetists) 10
Clause23. Section 25(1)(b)(ii)-- 11
omit `elsewhere than in Queensland', 12
insert `either in or outside the State'. 13
ART 6--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH ACT 1937 14
P
Act 15
Amended
The Health Act 1937 is amended as set out in this Part. 16
Clause24.
of s.5 (Interpretation) 17
Amendment
Clause25. Section 5 (definition "day hospital")-- 18
omit. 19
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of s.48 (Controlled notifiable diseases) 1
Amendment
Section 48(1)-- 2
Clause26.(1)
omit `notification published in the Gazette', insert `regulation'. 3
(2) Section 48(2)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(2) A person must not deliberately or recklessly put someone else at 6
risk of infection from a controlled notifiable disease. 7
Maximum penalty--150 penalty units or imprisonment for 18 months. 8
`(2A) A person must not deliberately or recklessly infect someone else 9
with a controlled notifiable disease. 10
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years. 11
`(2B) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (2) if, 12
when the other person was put at risk of infection from the disease, the 13
other person-- 14
(a) knew the person was infected with the disease; and 15
(b) voluntarily accepted the risk of being infected. 16
`(2C) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (2A) if, 17
when the disease was transmitted to the other person, the other person-- 18
(a) knew the person was infected with the disease; and 19
(b) voluntarily accepted the risk of being infected. 20
`(2D) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (2) 21
or (2A) is sufficient if it states that the person charged carried out the act 22
deliberately or recklessly.'. 23
of s.62 (Removal of infirm person to institution) 24
Amendment
Clause27.(1) Section 62 (heading)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`Removal of infirm person to public sector health service'. 27
(2) Section 62(1)-- 28
omit `health service', insert `public sector health service'. 29
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(3) Section 62(2)-- 1
omit `such hospital or charitable institution', 2
insert `the public sector health service'. 3
of s.63 (Interpretation) 4
Amendment
Section 63-- 5
Clause28.
insert-- 6
` "day hospital" has the meaning given by section 63A;'. 7
of new s.63A 8
Insertion
Clause29. After section 63-- 9
insert-- 10
of "day hospital" 11
`Meaning
`63A.(1) Premises where a medical practitioner gives surgical or medical 12
treatment that does not require overnight hospitalisation are a day hospital. 13
`(2) A day hospital is taken to be a private hospital even though the 14
premises do not provide for the reception of patients. 15
`(3) Premises that are part of a public sector hospital within the meaning 16
of the Health Services Act 1991 are not a day hospital. 17
`(4) Premises ordinarily used by a medical practitioner for patient 18
consultation, diagnosis and treatment are not a day hospital. 19
Examples of premises that are not a day hospital-- 20
Medical centre, medical practitioner's general practice room.'. 21
of s.100E (Secrecy) 22
Replacement
Section 100E-- 23
Clause30.
omit, insert-- 24
25
`Confidentiality
`100E.(1) This section applies to-- 26
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(a) the Director-General; and 1
(b) a person administering this Act; and 2
(c) a person who in any way helps in the administration of this 3
Division. 4
`(2) A person to whom this section applies must not, whether directly or 5
indirectly, disclose or make use of information gained by the person under 6
this Division unless the person discloses or makes use of the information-- 7
(a) under this Act; or 8
(b) when specifically authorised under another Act. 9
Maximum penalty--16 penalty units. 10
`(3) However, the Director-General may-- 11
(a) disclose information in statistical or similar form if the 12
information does not disclose the identity of a cancer sufferer; or 13
(b) disclose information in any form to-- 14
(i) a person authorised to conduct scientific research and studies 15
under section 154M; or 16
(ii) a person holding an appointment in another State or the 17
Commonwealth corresponding to that of the 18
Director-General.'. 19
of s.100I (Confidentiality) 20
Replacement
Section 100I-- 21
Clause31.
omit, insert-- 22
23
`Confidentiality
`100I.(1) This section applies to-- 24
(a) the Director-General; and 25
(b) a person administering this Act; and 26
(c) a person who in any way helps in the administration of this 27
Division. 28
`(2) A person to whom this section applies must not, whether directly or 29
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indirectly, disclose or make use of information gained by the person under 1
this Division unless the person discloses or makes use of the information-- 2
(a) under this Act; or 3
(b) when specifically authorised under another Act. 4
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 5
`(3) However, the Director-General may-- 6
(a) disclose information in statistical or similar form to another 7
person if the information does not disclose an individual's 8
identity; or 9
(b) disclose information in any form to-- 10
(i) a person authorised to conduct scientific research and studies 11
under section 154M; or 12
(ii) a person holding an appointment in another State or the 13
Commonwealth corresponding to that of the 14
Director-General.'. 15
of s.131Q (Conditions of licence) 16
Amendment
Clause32. Section 131Q (at the end)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(2) A licensee must not contravene a condition of the licence. 19
Maximum penalty-- 20
(a) for a first offence--10 penalty units; or 21
(b) for a second offence--20 penalty units; or 22
(c) for a third or subsequent offence--40 penalty units.'. 23
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PART 7--AMENDMENT OF HEALTH RIGHTS 1
COMMISSION ACT 1991 2
Act 3
Amended
The Health Rights Commission Act 1991 is amended as set out in 4
Clause33.
this Part. 5
of s.27 (Co-operation with interested organisations) 6
Amendment
Section 27(b)-- 7
Clause34.
insert-- 8
`(iii) the Anti-Discrimination Commission.'. 9
of s.32 (Minister's directions) 10
Amendment
Clause35. Section 32(1)(e)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(e) to intervene in disciplinary proceedings against a registered 13
provider under section 130.'. 14
of new s.33A 15
Insertion
Clause36. After section 33-- 16
insert-- 17
budget 18
`Commission's
`33A.(1) The Commissioner must prepare and give to the Minister a 19
draft budget for the Commission for each financial year in the form and 20
when the Minister directs. 21
`(2) The Minister must decide the Commission's budget for the financial 22
year. 23
`(3) The Commissioner must authorise spending only under the budget 24
decided by the Minister unless the Minister otherwise directs.'. 25
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of s.52 (Council Meetings) 1
Amendment
Section 52(3)-- 2
Clause37.
omit `Four', insert `Three'. 3
of new s.68A 4
Insertion
Clause38. After section 68-- 5
insert-- 6
`Commissioner to invite submissions 7
`68A.(1) Before assessing a health service complaint, the Commissioner 8
must invite submissions from the complainant and the provider in the 9
notice given under section 68. 10
`(2) The Commissioner may also invite submissions from the 11
complainant and the provider in other ways the Commissioner considers 12
appropriate.'. 13
of s.73 (Information and local resolution) 14
Amendment
Clause39. Section 73(1)(a)-- 15
omit `section', insert `sections'. 16
of s.74 (Decisions not to take action) 17
Amendment
Clause40. Section 74(4) (after `the complaint')-- 18
insert `and a court has begun to hear the matter'. 19
of s.78 (Conciliation function) 20
Amendment
Clause41. Section 78(2)(a) and (b)-- 21
omit `discussions', insert `negotiations'. 22
of new s.87A 23
Insertion
Clause42. After section 87-- 24
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insert-- 1
support staff 2
`Administrative
`87A.(1) The Commissioner may make arrangements for a person (the 3
"support person") appointed, employed or engaged under this Act to give 4
administrative support to a conciliator in the performance of the 5
conciliator's functions. 6
`(2) A conciliator may disclose information gained during conciliation to 7
the support person. 8
`(3) If a conciliator discloses information gained during conciliation to a 9
support person, the support person must not disclose the information. 10
Maximum penalty for subsection (3)--40 penalty units.'. 11
of s.130 (Commissioner may intervene in disciplinary 12
Replacement
proceedings) 13
Section 130-- 14
Clause43.
omit, insert-- 15
may intervene in disciplinary proceedings 16
`Commissioner
`130.(1) This section applies if a disciplinary proceeding is taken against 17
a registered provider for a matter because of a health service complaint or an 18
inquiry matter and the proceeding is before-- 19
(a) a registration board; or 20
(b) another body that-- 21
(i) is established under an Act that establishes a registration 22
board; and 23
(ii) deals with disciplinary matters against registered providers. 24
`(2) The Commissioner may intervene in the disciplinary proceeding at 25
any time. 26
`(3) On intervention, the Commissioner becomes a party to the 27
proceeding.'. 28
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of s.138 (Preservation of confidentiality) 1
Amendment
Clause44.(1) Section 138(4)(d) (2nd mention))-- 2
omit `(d)', insert `(e)'. 3
(2) Section 138(4)(e)-- 4
omit `(e)', insert `(f)'. 5
of s.142 (Regulations) 6
Amendment
Section 142(1)-- 7
Clause45.
omit, insert-- 8
`142.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the 9
purposes of this Act.'. 10
ART 8--AMENDMENT OF HOSPITALS 11
P
FOUNDATIONS ACT 1982 12
Act 13
Amended
The Hospitals Foundations Act 1982 is amended as set out in this 14
Clause46.
Part. 15
of s.4 (Definitions) 16
Amendment
Clause47.(1) Section 4 (definition "financial year")-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 4 (definition "body corporate")-- 19
omit `by Order in Council'. 20
(3) Section 4 (definition "hospital")-- 21
omit all words from `--and includes' to `this Act'. 22
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of s.5 (Class of applicant) 1
Amendment
Section 5-- 2
Clause48.
omit `by Order in Council'. 3
of s.7 (Authority to establish bodies corporate) 4
Replacement
Section 7-- 5
Clause49.
omit, insert-- 6
of bodies corporate 7
`Establishment
`7.(1) The Governor in Council may establish a body corporate by 8
regulation. 9
`(2) The regulation must-- 10
(a) specify the body's name; and 11
(b) appoint the first appointed members of the body. 12
`(3) The body's name must not be the same as the name of another body 13
corporate.'. 14
of s.8 (Body to be incorporated) 15
Amendment
Section 8(1)-- 16
Clause50.
omit `and style'. 17
of s.9 (Registration of bodies corporate) 18
Amendment
Section 9-- 19
Clause51.(1)
omit `within the Department administered by the Minister', 20
insert `in the department'. 21
(2) Section 9(a)-- 22
omit `and style'. 23
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of s.10 (Name of bodies corporate) 1
Amendment
Section 10-- 2
Clause52.
omit `and style'. 3
of s.18 (Members of body corporate) 4
Amendment
Section 18-- 5
Clause53.
omit `Order in Council', insert `Gazette notice'. 6
of s.20 (Appointment of members) 7
Amendment
Section 20(1)-- 8
Clause54.(1)
omit, insert-- 9
`20.(1) The members of a body corporate (other than the chairperson) are 10
to be appointed by the Governor in Council by Gazette notice'. 11
(2) Section 20(2)-- 12
omit. 13
(3) Section 20(3)-- 14
renumber as section 20(2). 15
of s.21 (Term of appointment) 16
Amendment
Section 21(4)-- 17
Clause55.
omit `and is not ineligible under section 20(2)'. 18
of s.23 (Casual vacancies) 19
Amendment
Section 23(1)-- 20
Clause56.(1)
omit `, on the recommendation of the Minister,'. 21
(2) Section 23(3)-- 22
omit `on the recommendation of the Minister'. 23
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of s.24 (Vacation of office) 1
Amendment
Section 24(g)-- 2
Clause57.
omit. 3
of s.28 (Chairman and deputy chairman) 4
Amendment
Section 28(1)-- 5
Clause58.
omit `on the recommendation of the Minister, by notification published 6
in the Gazette', 7
insert `, by Gazette notice'. 8
of s.37 (Employees) 9
Amendment
Section 37(4)-- 10
Clause59.
omit `thereto he shall, for the purposes of the Workers' Compensation 11
Act 19161978, be deemed', 12
insert `to the work, the worker is taken, for the purposes of the Workers' 13
Compensation Act 1990,'. 14
of s.41 (Insurance) 15
Amendment
Section 41(1)-- 16
Clause60.
omit `Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 17
of s.44 (Audit of accounts) 18
Amendment
Section 44(6)-- 19
Clause61.
omit `member of the Police Force of Queensland', insert `police officer'. 20
of s.56 (Removal from Register) 21
Amendment
Section 56(2)-- 22
Clause62.(1)
omit `Upon the recommendation of the Minister, the Governor in 23
Council may, by Order in Council', 24
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insert `The Governor in Council may, by Gazette notice'. 1
(2) Section 56(3)-- 2
omit. 3
of s.57 (Winding-up of bodies corporate) 4
Replacement
Section 57-- 5
Clause63.(1)
omit, insert-- 6
of bodies corporate 7
`Winding-up
`57.(1) If an entry in the Register about a body corporate is removed on 8
application by the body corporate, the provisions of the Corporations Law 9
about the voluntary winding-up of companies apply, with all necessary 10
changes and any changes prescribed by regulation, to the winding-up of the 11
body corporate. 12
`(2) If an entry in the Register about a body corporate is removed other 13
than on application by the body corporate, the body corporate may be 14
wound-up by the Supreme Court. 15
`(3) A body corporate, a member of the body corporate, a creditor or the 16
chief executive of the department may apply to the Court for the body 17
corporate to be wound-up. 18
`(4) In the application of Part 5.7 of the Corporations Law to the 19
winding-up of a body corporate, a reference-- 20
(a) to a Part 5.7 body--is a reference to the body corporate; and 21
(b) to a director of a Part 5.7 body--is a reference to a member of the 22
body corporate; and 23
(c) to the secretary of a Part 5.7 body--is a reference to the secretary 24
of the body corporate; and 25
(d) to the principal place of business of a Part 5.7 body--is a 26
reference to the associated hospital of the body corporate.'. 27
of s.59 (Dissolution of bodies corporate) 28
Amendment
Section 59-- 29
Clause64.
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omit all words from `he may', 1
insert `, the Governor in Council may dissolve the body corporate by 2
regulation.'. 3
of s.61 (Effect of winding up etc. on offices) 4
Amendment
Section 61-- 5
Clause65.
omit `by order of the Governor in Council', insert `under section 59'. 6
of s.63 (Delegation by Minister) 7
Replacement
Section 63-- 8
Clause66.
omit, insert-- 9
by Minister 10
`Delegation
`63. The Minister may delegate the Minister's powers under this Act 11
(other than the power under section 46(1)) to an officer of the department.'. 12
of s.64 (Delegation by body corporate) 13
Replacement
Section 64-- 14
Clause67.
omit, insert-- 15
by body corporate 16
`Delegation
`64. A body corporate may delegate its powers under this Act (other than 17
the power to make rules) to a member or employee of the body.'. 18
of s.71 (Evidentiary provisions) 19
Amendment
Section 71(1)-- 20
Clause68.(1)
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive 21
evidence'. 22
(2) Section 71(3)-- 23
omit all words from `and,', insert `of the matter.'. 24
31
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of s.72 (Regulations) 1
Replacement
Section 72-- 2
Clause69.
omit, insert-- 3
4
`Regulations
`72.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes 5
of this Act. 6
`(2) A regulation may create offences and prescribe penalties for the 7
offences of not more than 4 penalty units.'. 8
of s.73 (Rules) 9
Amendment
Section 73(2)-- 10
Clause70.(1)
omit, insert-- 11
`(2) A rule may create offences and prescribe penalties for the offences 12
of not more than 4 penalty units.'. 13
(2) Section 73(5)-- 14
omit. 15
ART 9--AMENDMENT OF MEDICAL ACT 1939 16
P
Act 17
Amended
The Medical Act 1939 is amended as set out in this Part. 18
Clause71.
of s.8 (Constitution of Board; president) 19
Amendment
Clause72. Section 8(1) (last sentence)-- 20
omit. 21
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of s.9 (Disqualifications from membership of Board) 1
Amendment
Clause73. Section 9(a)-- 2
omit `Attains the age of 70 years,'. 3
of s.18 (Specialists) 4
Amendment
Section 18(1)-- 5
Clause74.
omit `who has general registration'. 6
ART 10--AMENDMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH 7
P
ACT 1974 8
Act 9
Amended
The Mental Health Act 1974 is amended as set out in this Part and 10
Clause75.
in the Schedule. 11
of s.28B (Mental Health Tribunal) 12
Amendment
Clause76. Section 28B(5)(b)(i)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(i) dies;'. 15
of new Part 7 16
Insertion
Clause77. After section 72-- 17
insert-- 18
PART 7--FINANCIAL PROVISIONS 19
`
20
`Definition
`72A. In this Part-- 21
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"authority" means the person or authority assigned responsibility for the 1
administration of a psychiatric hospital, security patients' hospital or 2
other place under section 16(3); 3
"principal officer" of an authority means-- 4
(a) for a Regional Health Authority--the regional director of the 5
Authority; or 6
(b) for another body--the person who manages the body's affairs; or 7
(c) for an individual--the person.'. 8
of s.73 (Financial provisions) 9
Replacement
Section 73-- 10
Clause78.
omit, insert-- 11
Patients' Trust Fund 12
`
`73.(1) All amounts received by an authority in trust for patients must be 13
paid into a fund called the Patients' Trust Fund. 14
`(2) The authority must keep a separate account in the Fund for each 15
patient who has money in the Fund. 16
(3) The authority may withdraw amounts from a patient's account in the 17
Fund to meet charges for the patient's maintenance as prescribed by 18
regulation. 19
`(4) The authority must tell the patient if it withdraws an amount under 20
subsection (3). 21
account 22
`Amenities
`73A.(1) Interest received on amounts in the Patients' Trust Fund must 23
be paid into a separate amenities account in the Fund. 24
`(2) Amounts to the credit of the account must be used to provide things 25
for the benefit of patients in general in the hospital, or a part of the hospital, 26
administered by the authority. 27
`(3) The amenities account may contain other amounts. 28
`(4) An amount more than the amount prescribed by regulation must not 29
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be withdrawn from the amenities account to purchase plant or equipment or 1
to construct capital works unless the authority's principal officer approves 2
the withdrawal. 3
`(5) The amenities account must not be used to pay costs associated with 4
the administration of the Patients' Trust Fund. 5
Examples of things that may be provided under subsection (2)-- 6
· books, newspapers, journals and other publications for patients 7
· items for personal care, including haircuts and non-standard 8
toiletries 9
· sightseeing and other social activities 10
· improvements and additions to patients' living and recreation 11
facilities, including buildings and fixtures 12
· equipment and furniture to improve patients' quality of life. 13
advisory committee 14
`Patients'
`73B.(1) The authority must establish a committee to advise on how 15
amounts in the amenities account are to be used. 16
`(2) The majority of the members of the committee must be patients of 17
the hospital who have accounts in the Patients' Trust Fund. 18
`(3) The authority must consider, but need not take, the committee's 19
advice.'. 20
of s.74 (Power to accept gifts etc.) 21
Amendment
Section 74(1)-- 22
Clause79.(1)
omit `A person or authority who or which is the subject of an assignment 23
under section 16(3)', 24
insert `An authority'. 25
(2) Section 74(2)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`(2) An authority may act as trustee of property vested in the authority in 28
trust.'. 29
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(3) Section 74(3)-- 1
omit `such a person or', insert `an'. 2
(4) Section 74(3)-- 3
omit `that last mentioned', insert `the'. 4
of s.75 (Investment of moneys) 5
Replacement
Section 75-- 6
Clause80.
omit, insert-- 7
`Investment of amounts held in trust 8
`75. An authority may invest amounts held in trust under section 73, 9
73A or 74 in the way in which a trustee may invest trust funds under 10
section 21 of the Trusts Act 1973.'. 11
of new Part 8 12
Insertion
Clause81. After section 76-- 13
insert-- 14
PART 8--VALIDATIONS 15
`
Rehabilitation Clinic 16
`Wacol
`77.(1) On and from 1 July 1991 to and including 6 August 1992, the 17
West Moreton Regional Health Authority is taken to have had responsibility 18
under the Inebriates Institutions Act 1896 for the administration of the 19
Wacol Rehabilitation Clinic. 20
`(2) The validity of anything done by the West Moreton Regional Health 21
Authority in administering the Clinic during the period cannot be 22
challenged, appealed against, reviewed, quashed or questioned in any way 23
on the ground that the Authority did not have responsibility for 24
administering the Clinic under that Act. 25
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of Barrett Psychiatry Centre and Barrett Adolescent 1
`Establishment
Centre 2
`78.(1) The Barrett Psychiatry Centre, Wacol and the Barrett Adolescent 3
Centre, Wacol are taken to have been established as places under 4
section 16(1) on and from the day they started to and including 6 August 5
1992. 6
`(2) The validity of anything done by a person or authority in 7
administering the Centres on or from the day they started cannot be 8
challenged, appealed against, reviewed, quashed or questioned in any way 9
on the ground that they had not been established under section 16(1). 10
of certain hospitals by Regional Health Authorities 11
`Administration
`79.(1) On and from 1 July 1991 to and including 6 August 1992, each 12
Regional Health Authority mentioned in Schedule 1 is taken to have had 13
responsibility under section 16(3) for the administration of the hospital 14
mentioned in the Schedule opposite its name. 15
`(2) The validity of anything done by the Regional Health Authority in 16
administering the hospital during the period cannot be challenged, appealed 17
against, reviewed, quashed or questioned in any way on the ground that the 18
Authority did not have responsibility for administering the hospital under 19
section 16(3). 20
`(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, for the purposes of the Act 21
as in force during the period, responsibility for the administration of the 22
hospital by the Regional Health Authority is taken to have been the subject 23
of an assignment properly made under section 16(3). 24
of certain amounts by Regional Health Authorities 25
`Administration
`80.(1) On and from 1 July 1991 to the commencement of this section, 26
each Regional Health Authority mentioned in Schedule 1 is taken to have 27
had power-- 28
(a) to withdraw amounts standing to the credit of a patient's account 29
in the fund known as the Patients' Trust Fund for the hospital 30
mentioned in the Schedule opposite the Authority's name for the 31
patient's maintenance; and 32
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(b) to use interest received on amounts in the Patients' Trust Fund to 1
provide things for the benefit of patients in general in the hospital, 2
or any part of the hospital. 3
`(2) The validity of a thing mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) done by 4
the Regional Health Authority during the period cannot be challenged, 5
appealed against, reviewed, quashed or questioned in any way on the 6
ground that the Authority did not have the power to do the thing. 7
charges at security patients' hospitals and other places 8
`Maintenance
`81.(1) On and from 9 September 1989 to the commencement of this 9
section, an authority having responsibility under section 16(3) for the 10
administration of a security patients' hospital or other place established 11
under section 16(1) is taken to have had power to impose maintenance 12
charges under section 63 of the Mental Health Services Regulation 1985 on 13
patients of the hospital or other place. 14
`(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), section 63 of the Mental Health 15
Services Regulation 1985 is taken, during the period-- 16
(a) to have applied to a patient in a security patients' hospital or other 17
place in the same way as it is specified to apply to a patient in a 18
psychiatric hospital; and 19
(b) to have been valid. 20
charges at psychiatric hospitals 21
`Maintenance
`82.(1) On and from 1 July 1991 to the commencement of this section, 22
an authority having responsibility for the administration of a psychiatric 23
hospital is taken to have had power to impose maintenance charges as 24
specified in section 63 of the Mental Health Services Regulation 1985 on 25
patients of the hospital. 26
`(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), section 63 of the Mental Health 27
Services Regulation 1985 is taken to have been valid during the period. 28
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of s.20A of Acts Interpretation Act 1954 and expiry of 1
`Application
Part and Schedule 1 2
`83.(1) This Part and Schedule 1 are laws to which section 20A of the 3
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 applies. 4
(2) This Part and Schedule 1 expire 1 month after they commence.'. 5
of new Schedule 1 6
Insertion
Clause82. After section 82-- 7
insert-- 8
`SCHEDULE 1 9
`ADMINISTRATION OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS BY 10
REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES 11
sections 79 and 80 12
Regional Health Authority Hospital
Darling Downs Regional Health Baillie Henderson Hospital, 13
Authority Toowoomba
Northern Regional Health Authority Mosman Hall, Charters Towers
West Moreton Regional Health Wolston Park Hospital, Wacol 14
Authority
West Moreton Regional Health Osler House (a ward of Wolston 15
Authority Park Hospital), Wacol
West Moreton Regional Health Barrett Psychiatry Centre, Wacol 16
Authority
West Moreton Regional Health Barrett Adolescent Centre, Wacol 17
Authority
West Moreton Regional Health John Oxley Memorial Hospital, 18
Authority Wacol'.
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of Schedule 6 (Subject Matters for Regulations) 1
Amendment
Clause83. Schedule 6 (clause 14)-- 2
omit `hospitals other than public hospitals and private hospitals', 3
insert `psychiatric hospitals, training centres, security patients' hospitals 4
and other places established under section 16(1)'. 5
ART 11--AMENDMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL 6
P
THERAPISTS ACT 1979 7
Act 8
Amended
The Occupational Therapists Act 1979 is amended as set out in 9
Clause84.
this Part. 10
of s.7 (Members of Board) 11
Amendment
Clause85. Section 7(1) (2nd last sentence)-- 12
omit. 13
of s.9 (Tenure of office) 14
Amendment
Clause86. Section 9(3)(a)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(a) dies;'. 17
ART 12--AMENDMENT OF PHARMACY ACT 1976 18
P
Act 19
Amended
The Pharmacy Act 1976 is amended as set out in this Part. 20
Clause87.
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of s.8 (Members of Board) 1
Amendment
Clause88. Section 8(1) (2nd sentence)-- 2
omit. 3
of s.10 (Tenure of office) 4
Amendment
Clause89. Section 10(3)(a)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) dies;'. 7
PART 13--AMENDMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS 8
ACT 1964 9
Act 10
Amended
The Physiotherapists Act 1964 is amended as set out in this Part. 11
Clause90.
of s.7 (Members of the Board) 12
Amendment
Clause91.(1) Section 7(1) (last sentence)-- 13
omit. 14
(2) Section 7(3)(b)(i)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(i) dies;'. 17
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PART 14--AMENDMENT OF PODIATRISTS ACT 1
1969 2
Act 3
Amended
The Podiatrists Act 1969 is amended as set out in this Part. 4
Clause92.
of s.3 (Definitions) 5
Amendment
Clause93. Section 3 (definition "podiatry")-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
` "podiatry" means the diagnosis and treatment by medical, surgical, 8
electrical, mechanical or manual methods of ailments or abnormal 9
conditions of the human foot, and includes a way of treatment 10
declared, by regulation, to be podiatry;'. 11
of s.4 (Administration of Act) 12
Omission
Section 4-- 13
Clause94.
omit. 14
of s.6 (Members of Board) 15
Amendment
Clause95.(1) Section 6(1) (1st sentence)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`6.(1) The Board consists of 9 members appointed by the Governor in 18
Council by Gazette notice.'. 19
(2) Section 6(1) (2nd sentence)-- 20
omit. 21
of s.7 (Chairman and deputy chairman of Board) 22
Amendment
Section 7(1)-- 23
Clause96.
omit `notification published in the Gazette', insert `Gazette notice'. 24
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of s.8 (Tenure of office) 1
Amendment
Clause97.(1) Section 8(2)(a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) dies or is mentally ill; or'. 4
(2) Section 8(2)(f)-- 5
omit `notification published in the Gazette', insert `Gazette notice'. 6
of s.26 (Certain actions implying registration or 7
Amendment
qualification prohibited) 8
Section 26(2)-- 9
Clause98.
omit `within the meaning of the Medical Act 19391984'. 10
of s.26A (Practice of Podiatry) 11
Amendment
Section 26A(2)(a)-- 12
Clause99.
omit `within the meaning of the Medical Act 19391984'. 13
of s.30 (Evidentiary provisions) 14
Amendment
Section 30-- 15
Clause100.
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive 16
evidence'. 17
of s.31 (By-laws) 18
Amendment
Clause101.(1) Section 31 (1st sentence)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`31.(1) The Board may make by-laws for the purposes of this Act.'. 21
(2) Section 31 (2nd sentence)-- 22
omit `Without limiting the power conferred by the foregoing provisions, 23
by-laws', 24
insert `(2) By-laws'. 25
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(3) Section 31(2)(j)-- 1
omit. 2
(4) Section 31 (last sentence)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(3) By-laws do not have effect until they are approved by the Governor 5
in Council.'. 6
PART 15--AMENDMENT OF PSYCHOLOGISTS ACT 7
1977 8
Act 9
Amended
The Psychologists Act 1977 is amended as set out in this Part. 10
Clause102.
Clause
of s.7 (Members of Board) 11
Amendment
Clause103. Section 7(1) (2nd sentence)-- 12
omit. 13
of s.9 (Tenure of office) 14
Amendment
Clause104. Section 9(3)(a)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(a) dies;'. 17
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ART 16--AMENDMENT OF SPEECH 1
P
PATHOLOGISTS ACT 1979 2
Act 3
Amended
The Speech Pathologists Act 1979 is amended as set out in this 4
Clause105.
Part. 5
of s.7 (Members of Board) 6
Amendment
Clause106. Section 7(1) (2nd last sentence)-- 7
omit. 8
of s.9 (Tenure of office) 9
Amendment
Clause107. Section 9(3)(a)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(a) dies;'. 12
of s.17 (The register) 13
Amendment
Clause108. Section 17(3)(a)-- 14
omit `Speech Therapists', insert `Speech Pathologists'. 15
PART 17--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPLANTATION 16
AND ANATOMY ACT 1979 17
Act 18
Amended
The Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 is amended as set 19
Clause109.
out in this Part. 20
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of s.4 (Interpretation) 1
Amendment
Section 4(1) (definitions "medical practitioner", 2
Clause110.(1)
"Minister" and "tissue")-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Section 4(1)-- 5
insert-- 6
` "tissue" means-- 7
(a) an organ, blood or part of-- 8
(i) a human body; or 9
(ii) a human foetus; or 10
(b) a substance extracted from an organ, blood or part of-- 11
(i) a human body; or 12
(ii) a human foetus; 13
but does not include-- 14
(c) immunoglobulins; or 15
(d) laboratory reagents, or reference and control materials, derived 16
wholly or in part from pooled human plasma.'. 17
of s.5 (Declaration of Hospitals) 18
Amendment
Section 5-- 19
Clause111.(1)
omit, `Order in Council, may from time to time', 20
insert `regulation, may'. 21
(2) Section 5-- 22
omit `and may at any time revoke any such declaration'. 23
of s.7 (Administration) 24
Omission
Section 7-- 25
Clause112.
omit. 26
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of Division 6 (Regulations) 1
Omission
Division 6-- 2
Clause113.
omit. 3
of s.37 (Establishment of schools of anatomy) 4
Amendment
Section 37(1)-- 5
Clause114.(1)
omit `, by Order in Council,'. 6
(2) Section 37(1)-- 7
omit `, and may at any time revoke such authority'. 8
of s.39 (Regulations in respect of schools of anatomy) 9
Omission
Section 39-- 10
Clause115.
omit. 11
of s.40 (Unauthorised buying of tissue prohibited) 12
Amendment
Clause116.(1) Section 40(1) (penalty)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 15
(2) Section 40(5) (penalty)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.'. 18
of s.41 (Advertisements relating to buying of tissue 19
Amendment
restricted) 20
Clause117. Section 41 (penalty)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.'. 23
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of s.42 (Unauthorised selling of tissue prohibited) 1
Amendment
Clause118. Section 42(1) (penalty)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.'. 4
of s.44 (Evidentiary provision) 5
Amendment
Section 44-- 6
Clause119.
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive 7
evidence'. 8
of s.45 (When death occurs) 9
Amendment
Clause120.(1) Section 45(3) and (4) (penalties)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 12
of s.48 (Offences in relation to removal of tissue) 13
Amendment
Clause121. Section 48(1) and (2) (penalties)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 16
of s.48A (Offence to give false or misleading information) 17
Amendment
Clause122. Section 48A(1) (penalty)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.'. 20
of s.49 (Disclosure of information) 21
Amendment
Clause123. Section 49(1) (penalty)-- 22
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omit, insert-- 1
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 2
of s.50 (Proceedings for offences) 3
Amendment
Clause124. Section 50(1), (2) and (4)-- 4
omit. 5
of s.52 (Regulations) 6
Replacement
Section 52-- 7
Clause125.
omit, insert-- 8
9
`Regulations
`52.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes 10
of this Act. 11
`(2) A regulation may be made with respect to any of the following 12
matters-- 13
(a) the conditions under which transplantations of tissue from living 14
persons may be carried out; 15
(b) the precautions to be taken for the removal or storage of tissue 16
removed from living persons; 17
(c) the regulation of premises where transplantations of tissue from 18
living persons may be carried out; 19
(d) how bodies are to be transported to a school of anatomy; 20
(e) the conditions under which-- 21
(i) the teaching, study and practice of anatomy; and 22
(ii) anatomical examinations; 23
are to be carried out; 24
(f) the giving of returns and other information by the person in 25
charge of a school of anatomy; 26
(g) the precautions to be taken for receiving and keeping bodies at a 27
school of anatomy; 28
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(h) the inspection of schools of anatomy; 1
(i) the regulation of schools of anatomy; 2
(j) the disposal of bodies or parts of bodies by schools of anatomy; 3
(k) prescribing offences for contraventions of the regulations and 4
fixing a maximum penalty of not more than 10 penalty units for a 5
contravention.'. 6
of s.53 (Savings) 7
Omission
Section 53-- 8
Clause126.
omit. 9
of s.54 (Repeal and amendments) 10
Omission
Section 54-- 11
Clause127.
omit. 12
ART 18--REPEALS 13
P
of Inebriates Institutions Act 1896 and Inebriates Institutions 14
Repeal
Act Amendment Act 1968 15
The Inebriates Institutions Act 1896 and the Inebriates 16
Clause128.
Institutions Act Amendment Act 1968 are repealed. 17
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2
1974 3
section 75 4
1. Section 5(1) (definitions "Director", "Director of Intellectual 5
Handicap Services" and "medical practitioner")-- 6
omit. 7
2. Section 5(1)-- 8
insert-- 9
` "Director" means the Director of Mental Health appointed under this Act; 10
"Director of Intellectual Handicap Services" means the officer holding 11
the office of Director of Intellectual Handicap Services in the 12
department within which the Family Services Act 1987 is 13
administered; 14
"Regional Health Authority" means a Regional Health Authority 15
established under the Health Services Act 1991;'. 16
3. Section 5(1) (definition "hospital")-- 17
omit `an institution within the meaning of The Inebriates Institutions Acts 18
1896 to 1968'. 19
4. Section 5(3)-- 20
omit. 21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
5. Section 10(3)-- 1
omit. 2
6. Section 10(5)-- 3
omit `, on the recommendation of the Minister,'. 4
7. Section 11-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Delegations 7
`11.(1) The Minister may delegate the Minister's powers under this Act 8
to an officer of the public service or of a Regional Health Authority. 9
`(2) The Director-General may delegate the Director-General's powers 10
under this Act to an officer of the public service or of a Regional Health 11
Authority. 12
`(3) The Director may delegate the Director's powers under this Act to 13
an officer of the public service or of a Regional Health Authority.'. 14
8. Section 14(1)-- 15
omit `from time to time by Order in Council', insert`, by regulation,'. 16
9. Section 14(3) (after `Governor in Council')-- 17
insert `by Gazette Notice'. 18
10. Section 14(7) (after `may')-- 19
insert `, by Gazette notice,'. 20
11. Section 14(7A) (after `than 6,')-- 21
insert `by Gazette notice,'. 22
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SCHEDULE (continued)
12. Section 14(9) (after `may')-- 1
insert `, by Gazette notice,'. 2
13. Section 14(11)(a)-- 3
omit `by notification published in the Gazette', 4
insert `, by Gazette notice,'. 5
14. Section 14(11)(c)-- 6
omit `Public Service Act 1922-1973', 7
insert `Public Service Management and Employment Act 1988'. 8
15. Section 16(1)-- 9
omit `by Order in Council', insert `, by regulation,'. 10
16. Section 16(2)-- 11
omit. 12
17. Section 16(3)-- 13
omit `Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 14
18. Section 16(3)-- 15
omit `Order', insert `regulation'. 16
19. Section 16(4)-- 17
omit `by Order in Council', insert `, by regulation,'. 18
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SCHEDULE (continued)
20. Section 26(3)(c)-- 1
omit `Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 2
21. Section 28B(3)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(3) The Judge and the psychiatrists are to be appointed by the Governor 5
in Council by Gazette notice.'. 6
22. Section 28B(4) (1st sentence)-- 7
omit `therefor in the Order in Council', 8
insert `for the purpose in the Gazette notice'. 9
23. Section 28B(7)(a)-- 10
omit `Order in Council', insert `Gazette notice'. 11
24. Section 28C(3)-- 12
omit `Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 13
25. Section 29B(2)-- 14
omit `Commissioner of Police', 15
insert `Commissioner of the Police Service'. 16
26. Section 31(5)-- 17
omit `Commissioner of Police', 18
insert `Commissioner of the Police Service'. 19
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SCHEDULE (continued)
27. Section 31A(1)(a)(iii)-- 1
omit `Commissioner of Police', 2
insert `Commissioner of the Police Service'. 3
28. Section 33(4)(a)-- 4
omit `Commissioner of Police', 5
insert `Commissioner of the Police Service'. 6
29. Section 35 (heading)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Consequences of Mental Health Tribunal's findings or Governor in 9
Council's order'. 10
30. Section 38(11) and (13)-- 11
omit `Commissioner of Police', 12
insert `Commissioner of the Police Service'. 13
31. Section 43A-- 14
omit `Court of Criminal Appeal', insert `Court of Appeal'. 15
32. Section 43B-- 16
omit `Court of Criminal Appeal', insert `Court of Appeal'. 17
33. Section 43C-- 18
omit `Court of Criminal Appeal', insert `Court of Appeal'. 19
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SCHEDULE (continued)
34. Section 43D-- 1
omit `Court of Criminal Appeal', insert `Court of Appeal'. 2
35. Section 53(1)-- 3
omit `Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 4
36. Section 53(2)-- 5
omit `Penalty: $2 000.', insert `Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 6
37. Section 53(3)-- 7
omit `from time to time appoints by notification published in the 8
Gazette', 9
insert ` appoints by Gazette notice'. 10
38. Section 57(1) and (2)-- 11
omit `, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term 12
not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $400, or to both'. 13
39. Section 57 (at the end)-- 14
insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty--8 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 16
40. Section 58-- 17
omit `, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term 18
not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $800, or to both'. 19
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SCHEDULE (continued)
41. Section 58 (at the end)-- 1
insert-- 2
`Maximum penalty--16 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 3
42. Section 59(1)-- 4
omit `and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months 5
or to a fine not exceeding $800, or to both.'. 6
43. Section 59(2)-- 7
omit `, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term 8
not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $800, or to both'. 9
44. Section 59 (at the end)-- 10
insert-- 11
`Maximum penalty--16 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 12
45. Section 60(1) and (2)-- 13
omit `, and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term 14
not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $800, or to both'. 15
46. Section 60 (at the end)-- 16
insert-- 17
`Maximum penalty--16 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 18
47. Section 61(2)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Maximum penalty--8 penalty units or imprisonment for 3 months.'. 21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
48. Section 63(2)-- 1
omit `$200', insert `4 penalty units'. 2
49. Section 65(a)-- 3
omit `conclusive'. 4
50. Section 65(d)-- 5
omit `, and in the absence of evidence in rebuttal thereof, shall be 6
conclusive evidence of such matter or matters'. 7
51. Section 65(f)-- 8
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive 9
evidence'. 10
52. Section 65(g)-- 11
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive 12
evidence'. 13
53. Section 72-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Regulations 16
`72.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes 17
of this Act. 18
`(2) A regulation may be made with respect to the matters set out in 19
Schedule 6. 20
`(3) A regulation may provide-- 21
(a) for the payment of fees and expenses; and 22
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SCHEDULE (continued)
(b) that the amount of fees or expenses payable is to be the amount 1
approved by the Governor in Council.'. 2
54. Schedule 5 (clause 8(1))-- 3
omit `Proclamation', insert `regulation'. 4
55. Schedule 5 (clause 8(2))-- 5
omit `Order in Council', insert `regulation'. 6
56. Schedule 5 (clause 10(3))-- 7
omit `and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $1 000 for every such 8
offence'. 9
57. Schedule 5 (clause 10(3), at the end)-- 10
insert-- 11
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 12
58. Schedule 6 (clause 18)-- 13
omit `$200', insert `4 penalty units'. 14
59. Schedule 6 (clauses 21 and 22)-- 15
omit. 16
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