Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024 00-a0-00 Xml

Western Australia

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024

Contents

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title1

2.Commencement1

3.Terms used1

4.Act binds Crown1

Notes

Compilation table1

Uncommenced provisions table1

Defined terms

Western Australia

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024

An Act —

·to apply the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (with modifications) as a law of the State; and

·to repeal the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010; and

·to make consequential amendments to other Acts; and

·for related purposes.

Part 1 — Preliminary

1.Short title

This is the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

(a)Part 1 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent (assent day);

(b)section 29 —

(i)if section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Queensland) comes into operation on or before assent day — on the day after assent day; or

(ii)otherwise — on the day on which section 94 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Queensland) comes into operation;

(c)the rest of the Act — on the day after assent day.

3.Terms used

(1)In this Act —

amending Act means a Queensland Act that receives the Royal Assent after 10 October 2023 and —

(a)amends the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Queensland); or

(b)amends the national regulations;

commencement day means the day on which section 5 comes into operation;

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Regulation (Western Australia) means the provisions applying as subsidiary legislation for the purposes of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) because of section 12;

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) means the provisions applying in the State because of section 5;

local regulations means regulations made under section 37;

national regulations has the meaning given in section 12(1).

(2)A reference in this Act to regulations made under a Queensland Act is a reference to regulations to the extent the regulations are made or amended by a provision of the Queensland Act.

(3)If a term used in this Act is given a meaning in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia), it has the same meaning in this Act.

4.Act binds Crown

This Act binds the Crown in right of Western Australia and, so far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Crown in all its other capacities.

[Parts 2‑6 have not come into operation.]

Notes

This is a compilation of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see the uncommenced provisions table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024 Pt. 1	21 of 2024	14 May 2024	14 May 2024 (see s. 2(a))

Uncommenced provisions table

To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA Legislation website.

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Application Act 2024 Pt. 2‑6	21 of 2024	14 May 2024	Pt. 2 and 3 (other than s. 29) and Pt. 4‑6: 15 May 2024 (see s. 2(c)); s. 29: operative on commencement of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (Qld) s. 94 (see s. 2(b)(ii))

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined termProvision(s)

amending Act3(1)

assent day2

commencement day3(1)

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Regulation (Western Australia)3(1)

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia)3(1)

local regulations3(1)

national regulations3(1)

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By Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer