An Act to amend the Home Building Act 1989 and to repeal and amend other legislation to remove licensing requirements for certain occupations.

1   Name of Act

This Act is the Occupational Licensing Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009.

2   Commencement

(1)  Except as provided by subsection (2), this Act commences on 1 July 2009 or the date of assent to this Act, whichever is the later.

(2)  Schedules 1, 4.1–4.4, 4.6 [2] and [4], 4.7 and 4.9–4.11 commence on 1 July 2010.

Schedule 1 Repeal of optical dispensers legislation

The following Act and Regulation are repealed:

Optical Dispensers Act 1963 No 35

Optical Dispensers Regulation 2007

Schedules 2, 3 (Repealed)

Schedule 4 Consequential amendment of Acts and Regulations

4.1 Health Administration Act 1982 No 135

Schedule 2A Health professional boards

Omit the following:

  

*  Optical Dispensers Licensing Board established under the Optical Dispensers Act 1963

4.2 Health Care Complaints Act 1993 No 105

[1]   Section 4 Definitions

Omit “Optical Dispensers Act 1963” from the definition of health registration Act.

[2]   Section 4, definition of “health service”

Omit “, psychologists and optical dispensers” from paragraph (i).

Insert instead “and psychologists”.

[3]   Section 4, definition of “health service”

Insert “optical dispensers,” after “services provided by” in paragraph (j).

[4]   Section 94B Tribunal decisions and names of de-registered practitioners to be publicly available

Omit section 94B (1) (b) (ii).

[5]   Section 94B (3)

Omit the subsection. Insert instead:

  

(3)  For the purposes of this section, a person’s registration as a health practitioner under a health registration Act is cancelled if any of the following happen as a result of an action, decision, determination or order of a registration board, tribunal or court under that Act:

(a)  the person’s registration is cancelled,

(b)  the person is de-registered,

(c)  the person’s name is removed from, or struck off, a register or a roll,

(d)  the person’s practising certificate is cancelled.

4.3 Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 1997 No 90

[1]   Section 3 Definitions

Omit “, psychologists and optical dispensers” from paragraph (a) of the definition of health care services.

Insert instead “and psychologists”.

[2]   Section 3, definition of “Health Registration Act”

Omit “Optical Dispensers Act 1963”.

4.4 Health Records and Information Privacy Act 2002 No 71

[1]   Section 4 Definitions

Omit “, psychologists and optical dispensers” from paragraph (i) of the definition of health service in section 4 (1).

Insert instead “and psychologists”.

[2]   Section 4 (1), definition of “health service”

Insert “optical dispensers,” after “services provided by” in paragraph (j).

4.5

(Repealed)

4.6 Licensing and Registration (Uniform Procedures) Act 2002 No 28

[1]   (Repealed)

[2]   Schedule 3 Registration to which Part 4 of Act applies

Omit the matter relating to the Optical Dispensers Act 1963.

[3]   (Repealed)

[4]   Schedule 4.20 and 4.31

Omit the Subschedules.

4.7 Minors (Property and Contracts) Act 1970 No 60

Second Schedule Saving of specific enactments

Omit the matter relating to Optical Dispensers.

4.8

(Repealed)

4.9 Privacy Code of Practice (General) 2003

Schedule 2 Modification of Part 6 of the Act

Omit item 12 from all of the columns.

4.10 Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 No 152

Schedule 2 Statutory bodies

Omit “Optical Dispensers Licensing Board”.

4.11 Public Health Act 1991 No 10

[1]   Section 10AA Definitions

Omit “Optical Dispensers Act 1963” from the definition of health registration Act in the note to the definitions of health practitioner, health registration Act, health service and registration authority.

[2]   Section 10AA, definition of “health service” in note

Omit “, psychologists and optical dispensers” from paragraph (i).

Insert instead “and psychologists”.

[3]   Section 10AA, definition of “health service” in note

Insert “optical dispensers,” after “services provided by” in paragraph (j).

[4]   Section 10AJ Definitions

Omit section 10AJ (2). Insert instead:

  

(2)  For the purposes of this Division, a person’s registration as a health practitioner under a health registration Act or corresponding health registration legislation is cancelled if any of the following happen as a result of an action, decision, determination or order of a registration board, tribunal or court under that Act or legislation:

(a)  the person’s registration is cancelled,

(b)  the person is de-registered,

(c)  the person’s name is removed from, or struck off, a register or a roll,

(d)  the person’s practising certificate is cancelled.

[5]   Schedule 4 Savings and transitional provisions

Insert at the end of clause 1 (2A):

  

Occupational Licensing Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009 (but only to the extent that it amends this Act or repeals the Optical Dispensers Act 1963)

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

Occupational Licensing Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009 No 61. Assented to 16.9.2009. Date of commencement, Schs 1, 4.1–4.4, 4.6 [2] and [4], 4.7 and 4.9–4.11 excepted, assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Schs 1, 4.1–4.4, 4.6 [2] and [4], 4.7 and 4.9–4.11, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).

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

Table of amendments

Schs 2, 3	Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C.
Sch 4	Am 1987 No 15, sec 30C.