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An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to various Acts administered by the Minister for Health; and for other purposes.

1 Name of Act

This Act is the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2009.

2 Commencement

(1) This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as provided by subsection (2).
(2) Schedule 1.5 commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Acts

1.1–1.4

(Repealed)

1.5 Medical Practice Act 1992 No 94

[1] Section 177 Representation at inquiry

Omit section 177 (1)–(2A). Insert instead:

(1) At an inquiry conducted by a Committee, the practitioner concerned and any complainant are entitled to attend and to be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or another adviser.
(2) To remove any doubt, the Committee is not prevented from addressing questions directly to the practitioner if the practitioner is represented by an Australian legal practitioner or another adviser.

[2] Section 177 (3)

Omit “(except an Australian legal practitioner or another adviser representing any person)”.

[3] Schedule 5 Savings and transitional provisions

Insert after clause 49:

Part 9 Provisions consequent on enactment of Health Legislation Amendment Act 2009
50 Professional Standards Committees
(1) This clause applies if, immediately before the commencement of this clause, a Professional Standards Committee had started but not finalised an inquiry.
(2) Section 177, as in force immediately before the commencement, continues to apply to the inquiry as if Schedule 1.5 [1] and [2] to the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2009 had not commenced.

1.6, 1.7

(Repealed)

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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted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 Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No 15. Assented to 13.5.2009. Date of commencement, Sch 1.5 excepted, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 1.5, 1.11.2009, sec 2 (2) and 2009 (510) LW 23.10.2009.

This Act has been amended by sec 30C of the Interpretation Act 1987 No 15.

Table of amendments

Sch 1

Am 1987 No 15, sec 30C.