An Act to amend various Acts and regulations to make provision with respect to health professional disciplinary tribunals and certain mental health matters relating to medical or dental students, to make miscellaneous amendments; and for other purposes.

1   Name of Act

This Act is the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007.

2   Commencement

(1)  Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.

(2)  Schedule 2.1 [1] commences on 1 July 2008.

(3)  Schedule 2.13 [4] commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3   (Repealed)

4   Other amendments

The Acts and instruments specified in Schedule 2 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

5   Repeal of Act

(1)  This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all of the provisions of this Act have commenced.

(2)  The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30 of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.

Schedule 1 (Repealed)

Schedule 2 Other amendments

(Section 4)

2.1 Dental Practice Act 2001 No 64

[1]   Section 33 Restrictions on dental auxiliaries

Omit section 33 (2).

[2]   (Repealed)

2.2–2.14

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Table of amending instruments

Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 89. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement, except Sch 2.1 [1] and 2.13 [4], assent, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 2.1 [1], 1.7.2008, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 2.13 [4], 1.1.2008, sec 2 (3) and GG No 185 of 21.12.2007, p 9811. This Act has been amended as follows:

Table of amendments