Western Australia

Medical Amendment Act 2006

Western Australia

Medical Amendment Act 2006

CONTENTS

1.           Short title                                                                         2

2.           Commencement                                                               2

3.           The Act amended                                                             2

4.           Section 4 amended                                                           2

Western Australia

Medical Amendment Act 2006

No. 49 of 2006

An Act to amend the Medical Act 1894.

[Assented to 6 October 2006]

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.           Short title

             This is the Medical Amendment Act 2006.

2.           Commencement

             This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3.           The Act amended

             The amendments in this Act are to the Medical Act 1894*.

              [* Reprint 6 as at 12 August 2005.]

4.           Section 4 amended

             Section 4(1a)(a) is deleted and the following paragraph is inserted instead —

“

    (a)    a person nominated by the chief executive officer who is —

     (i)    a medical practitioner; and

     (ii)    a public service officer, as defined in the Public Sector Management Act 1994, or employed on the salaried staff of a public authority, as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 1979;

”.