Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Health Care Complaints Act 1993 No 105. Assented to 2.12.1993. Date of commencement of Parts 1, 4, 5, and 7, Sch 3 in so far as it amends the Public Sector Management Act 1988 and Sch 4, 4.5.1994, sec 2 and GG No 64 of 4.5.1994, p 2001; date of commencement of remainder (except Sch 3 in so far as it amends the Coroners Act 1980), 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3239; date of commencement of Sch 3 in so far as it amends the Coroners Act 1980: not in force. This Act has been amended as follows:

1994	No 32	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Health Care Complaints Act 1993, assent, Sch 2.
	No 95	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Health Care Complaints Act 1993, assent, Sch 1.
1995	No 3	Parliamentary Committees Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 30.5.1995. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1996	No 2	Poisons Amendment (Therapeutic Goods) Act 1996. Assented to 8.5.1996. Date of commencement, 1.9.1996, sec 2 and GG No 99 of 30.8.1996, p 4984.
1997	No 154	Health Services Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423.
1999	No 16	Parliamentary Committees Legislation Amendment Act 1999. Assented to 9.6.1999. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2001	No 15	Chiropractors Act 2001. Assented to 30.4.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.8.2002, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 31.7.2002, p 5696.
	No 16	Osteopaths Act 2001. Assented to 30.4.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.8.2002, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 31.7.2002, p 5697.
	No 64	Dental Practice Act 2001. Assented to 11.10.2001. Date of commencement, 15.8.2004, sec 2 and GG No 134 of 13.8.2004, p 6449.
	No 67	Physiotherapists Act 2001. Assented to 11.10.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 6.3, 1.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 237 of 29.11.2002, p 10062.
	No 69	Psychologists Act 2001. Assented to 11.10.2001. Date of commencement, 6.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 246 of 6.12.2002, p 10364.
2002	No 30	Optometrists Act 2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 6.2, 16.6.2004, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 16.6.2004, p 3723.
	No 103	Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
2003	No 45	Nurses Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 30.9.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2004	No 18	Health Care Complaints Amendment (Special Commission of Inquiry) Act 2004. Assented to 1.4.2004. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
	No 98	Health Legislation Amendment (Complaints) Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Schs 1–3, 1.3.2005, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 25.2.2005, p 477.
2005	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 98	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).

Table of amendments

Long title	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [1].
Sec 3	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 3A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 4	Am 2001 No 15, Sch 6.2; 2001 No 16, Sch 6.2; 2001 No 64, Sch 6.2; 2001 No 67, Sch 6.3; 2001 No 69, Sch 6.1; 2002 No 30, Sch 6.2; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.4 [1]; 2004 No 98, Schs 1 [3] [4], 2 [2] [3], 3 [1]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.13 [1].
Sec 8	Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.29 [1].
Sec 9, note	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 12	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [4].
Sec 13	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 14	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [5].
Sec 15, note	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [6].
Sec 16	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 18	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [8] [9].
Sec 20	Am 2004 No 98, Schs 1 [10]–[12], 2 [7].
Sec 20A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 21A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 23	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [15]–[17].
Sec 24	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 25	Am 1996 No 2, Sch 2; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.17 [1] [2]; 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [19] [20].
Secs 25A, 25B	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 26	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [22].
Sec 27	Am 2004 No 98, Schs 1 [23], 2 [8].
Sec 28	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 28A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 30	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [25] [26].
Sec 33	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 33, note	Rep 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 34	Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.45 [1]–[3].
Sec 34A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 35	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 37	Rep 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [31].
Sec 37A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 39	Am 2004 No 98, Schs 1 [33] [34], 3 [2].
Sec 40, note	Am 2003 No 45, Sch 2.4 [2].
Part 2, Div 8	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].
Secs 46–49	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 50	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9]. Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.29 [2].
Secs 51–58	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 58A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].
Part 2, Div 9 (secs 58B–58D)	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].
Part 2, charts	Rep 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [9].
Sec 59	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [35].
Sec 65	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [10].
Sec 67	Am 1995 No 3, Sch 1 (1) (2); 1999 No 16, Sch 1.1 [1] [2].
Sec 70	Am 1995 No 3, Sch 1 (3); 1999 No 16, Sch 1.1 [3].
Sec 70A	Ins 1994 No 95, Sch 1.
Sec 75	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 3 [3].
Sec 76	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 3 [4].
Sec 80	Am 2004 No 98, Schs 1 [36], 2 [11].
Sec 82	Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.17 [3].
Part 6 (secs 85–90)	Subst 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [12].
Part 6A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 3 [5].
Sec 90A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 3 [5].
Sec 90B	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 3 [5]. Am 2005 No 64, Sch 1.13 [2].
Secs 90C, 90D	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 3 [5].
Sec 96	Am 2004 No 98, Schs 1 [37], 2 [13].
Sec 97	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 2 [14].
Sec 99A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [38].
Sec 103A	Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 105	Ins 2004 No 18, Sch 1 [1].
Sch 2	Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
Sch 3	Am 1994 No 32, Sch 2; 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 4	Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [40] [41]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.13 [3].
Sch 5	Ins 2004 No 18, Sch 1 [2]. Am 2004 No 98, Sch 1 [42].