Health Act Amendment Act 1911 (WA)

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No. 3 of 1912.

AN ACT to amend the Health Act, 1911.

[Assented to 9th Januaiy, , 1912.]

Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Par-BE it enacted by the Ding's Most Excellent Majesty, by andwith the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and liament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as the Health Act Amendment Act. Short title.

1911.

Section one hundred and sixty one of " The Health Act, 1911 " (hereinafter called the principal Act), is hereby amended	Amendment of
section 161.
by the addition of the following paragraph, that is to say :—

2.

" (18.) The destruction of mosquitoes."

Section two hundred and three of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following words, that is to	Amendment of
section 203:
say :--" Provided that no local authority shall be compelled by virtue of any by-law made under this section to exercise any function or power conferred on it by section two hundred and forty-three or two hundred and forty-seven."

3.

4.      Section two hundred and four of the principal Act is hereby Amendment of

amended by the addition of the following words, that is to say—	section 204.
" Provided that the Commissioner shall not have any power, by
virtue of this section, to compel any local authority to exercise any function or power conferred on it by section two hundred and forty-three or two hundred and forty-seven."

1912, No. 3.] Health Act—Amendment [2 GBO. V

Amendment of

section 241 (1). 5. Subsection one of section two hundred and forty-seven of

the principal Act is amended by omitting the words " and when

the Commissioner so requires shall."

Amendment of 6. Section two hundred and sixty-one of the principal Act is

section 26 L.

hereby repealed, and a section is inserted in lieu thereof as

follows:-

Registration of	" 261. (1.) The Midwives' Registration Board may, by reso-
Midwives registered

elsewhere in British lution published in the Government Gazette, prescribe

Dominions. That any specified certificate or diploma issued under statutory authority, in any specified part of the British Dominions,

shall exempt the holder of the certificate or diploma from the obligation to pass any examination under this Act, and that any woman producing a certificate or diploma as afore- said may, -on proof to the satisfaction of the Board of her identity and good character, receive a certificate of registration on payment of a fee of five shillings.

(2.) The Board may revoke or amend any such resolution."

Manner of showing

All copies of the principal Act hereafter printed by the Government Printer shall be printed as amended by this Act, under the supervision of the Clerk of the Parliaments, and reference shall be made in the margin of the principal Act to the sections of this Act by which such amendments are made.

amendments. 7.

By Authority: FEED. Wir. SIMPSON, Government Primer. Perth.