Health Acts Amendment Act of 1936 (1 Geo Vi No. 5) (Qld)

HEALTH. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, 1936. Health Act8 Amendment Act. 15767 HEALTH. See MEDICAL (PHARMACY ACTS AMENDMENT). An Act to Amend "The Health Acts, 1900 to 1934," 1 G N E o O . . 5 v . !. in certain particulars, and for other purposes. THE HEALTH ACTS AMENDlIIENT [ASSENTED TO 17TH DECEMBER, 1936.] ACT OF 1936. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as " The Health Acts Short title Amendment Act of 1936," and shall be read as one with ~ ~ : struction. *" The Health Acts, 1900 to 1934," hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may collectively be cited as " The Health Acts, 1900 to 1936." Amendments of the Principal Act. 2. The following new section is inserted after section ~ew s. 2A. two of the Principal Act and numbered 2A, namely:- "[2A.] Notwithstanding anything contained in any Sa:,ing of other Act, or law, or rule, or process oflaw- thIS Act. (a) No provision of this Act shall be or be deemed to be repealed, modified, or amended by any enactment contained in any other Act (and whether sU'ch other Act has been passed before, on, or after the passing of t" The Health Acts Amendment Act of 1936 ") unless by an enactment contained in such other Act which expressly repeals, modifies, or, as the case may be, amends this Act; and to the intent that in so far as any other Act (not being an Act expressly repealing, modifying, or amending this Act or any provision thereof) contains any enactment relating to the subject-matter of any provision contained in this Act, such other Act shall be and be deemed to be in aid of and not in derogation of this Act; and * 64 Vic. No. 9 and amending Acts, supra, pages 7735 et seq. t 1 Geo. VI. No. 5 (this Aot).

15768 HEALTH. HealthActsAmendmentAct. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, (b) No enactment contained in any other Act (not being an Act expressly repealing, amending, or modifying this Act or any provision thereof) shall prevent or be deemed to prevent the Director-General, the Deputy Director-General, any State analyst or State expert, any analyst, any inspector, and/or any other officer from doing and executing all powers, duties, authorities, and juris- diction conferred or imposed upon the Director-General, the Deputy Director- General, a State analyst or State expert, an analyst, an inspector, or other officer by this Act; and (c) No enactment contained in any other Act (not being an Act expressly repealing, amending, or modifying this Act or any provision thereof) shall prevent or be deemed to prevent the enforcement and recovery of any penalty, fee, fine, or forfeiture which is enforceable and recoverable under and in pursuance of this Act; Provided that where any Act or omission constitutes the same offence both under this Act and under some other Act, any person doing or omitting to do such act may be proceeded against either under this Act or under such other Act, but so that no person shall be twice punished for the same offence." Amendments 3. Section five of the Principal Act is hereby of s. 5. amended as follows ;_ By·laws. (a) The definition of "By-laws" is amended by the addition thereto of the words *" and or the Local Government Act." Drain. General Fund. (b) The definition of " Drain" is repealed and the following new definition and sidenote are inserted in lieu thereof ;- " " Drain "-Any drain for the carrying off of waters other than sewage." (c) The following new definition and sidenote are inserted after the definition of " Food" ;- " " General Fund "-The General Fund of a Local Authority." * Sic in Gazette; semble" and/or."

HEALTH. 15769 1936. HealthActs AmendmentAct. (d) The definition of "Local Fund" is repealed. Local FWld. (e) The following new definition and sidenote are inserted after the definition of" Local Authority" :-- " " Local Government Act "-*" The Local Local Government Act of 1936" (and any Act X~ :. ernrnent amending or in substitution for that Act)." (j) The definition of " Minister" is repealed and the following new definition and sidenote are inserted in lieu thereof:- " " Minister "-The Secretary for Health and Home Minister. Affairs or other Minister of the Crown charged with the administration of this Act." (g) The definition of "Sanitary Convenience" is repealed and the following new definition and· sidenote are inserted in lieu thereof:- " "Sanitary Convenience "-The term shall have Sanitary the meaning assigned to it by the Local Convenience. Government Act." (h) The definition of " Sewer" is repealed and the following new definition and sidenote are inserted in lieu thereof:- " " Sewerage "-The term shall have the meaning Sewerage. assigned to it by the Local Government Act, as also shall the terms " Sewer," " Sewage," and" Sewerage Apparatus." (i) The followIng new paragraph is added to the said section:- " Generally all terms used in this Act shall, unless this Act otherwise provides, have the meanings, if any, assigned to them by the Local Government Act." 4. Sections eleven, twelve, and thirteen of the Repeal of Principal Act are hereby repealed and the following ~ ~d~ e:~ ~ new sections are inserted in lieu thereof :- d. ' " [11.] The Director-General may from time to P~wers of time cause to be made such inspections, investigations, g~ r: ~ r~ ~ ­ and inquiries as are directed by the Governor in Council or by this Act, and also such other inspections, investiga- tions, and inquiries as he thinks fit in relation to any * 1 Geo. VI. No. 1, infra, page 16035.

15770 HEALTH. HealthActsAmendmentAct. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, matters concerning the public health in any place, or con.cerning any matters with respect to which his sanction, approval, or consent is required by this Act. Costs. [12.] The Director-General may make orders as to the costs of inspections, investigations, and inquiries or proceedings instituted by, or of appeals to, him under the provisions of this Act, and as to the parties by whom, or the Fund out of which, such costs shall be borne. When any such order has been confirmed by the Minister and published in the Gazette, a verified copy thereof may be filed in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and may thereupon be enforced in the same manner as if it were an order of that court. Power of persons directed to make investiga- tions. [13.] When any inspection, investigation, or inquiry is directed to be made by the Governor in Council or the Director-General, the person directed to make the same shall have free access to all books, plans, maps, docu- ments, and other things belonging to any Local Authority or any contractor, or any other person, and shall have in relation to witnesses and their examination and the production of documents similar powers to those conferred upon justices by *" The Justices Acts, 1886 to 1932," and may enter and inspect any building, premises, or place the entry or inspection whereof appears to him requisite for the purposes of such inspection, investigation, or inquiry." Repeal of 5. Section fifteen of the Principal Act is repealed a 1 n 5. d new B. and the following new section is inserted in lieu thereof :- Local "[15.] Every medical officer of health shall make Atourthepoorirtti.es aans tahnenuDailrercetpoorr-Gt etonetrhale mLoacyaldiAreuctthoirnityreliantiosunchtofotrhme public health of the Area and its inhabitants, and every Local Authority shall make an annual report to the Director-General in the form directed by him in relation to the public health of the Area and its inhabitants. The Local Authority shall transmit copies of such annual reports to the Director-General. These reports shall be open to inspection." * 50 Vic. No. 17 and amending Acts, supra, pages 1132 et seq.

HEALTH. 15771 1936. H e(Jllth Acts Amendment Act. 6. Sections eighteen, nineteen, and twenty of the Repeal of Principal Act are hereby repealed, and the following ~ dl~ e': .:d' new sections eighteen, nineteen, and twenty are inserted 20: • in lieu thereof :- "[18.] (1.) The Governor in Council may, on theDefaultof recommendation of the Director-General from time to ~~ 't time by Order in Council require the Local Authority u on y. to exercise and perform within a time limited by the Order such of the express powers and authorities charged to it by the Local Government Act as the Director-General may deem to be necessary for the sufficient exercise and performance of the function of health delegated to it by such Act, and to exercise and perform such other of the functions delegated to it by the said Act, and to make such by-laws as the Director-General may deem to be necessary for promoting and maintaining the health of the Area and its inhabitants. If the Local Authority fails to carry out the requirements of the Order in Council within the time limited the Order in Council may be enforced by writ of mandamus, or the Director-General may himself do the act or thing, or cause it to' be done, or enforce such provisions, and may by order direct that all costs and expenses thereby incurred, including remuneration to any persons appointed by the Director-General in that behalf, shall be paid by the Local Authority. A copy of an order made for the payment of such costs and expenses may be filed in the office of the Registrar of the Supreme Court, and may thereupon be enforced in the same manner as if the same were an order of that court. For the purposes of this section the Director-General and any person appointed by him in that behalf shall have all the powers of such Local Authority and its officers other than (save as hereinafter provided) the power of levying rates. (2;) Any sum specified in an order for payment of such costs and expenses shall be deemed to be expenses properly incurred by the defaulting Local Authority, and to be a debt due from it. If the Local Authority refuses to pay any such sum within a period of thirty days after demand, the Governor in Council may from time to time empower the Director- General to make and levy a rate of sufficient ,amount to

15772 HEALTH. HealthActsAmendmentAct. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, defray the debt so due from it, and all costs and expenses incurred in consequence of the non-payment of such debt. The Director-General when so empowered shall have the same powers of making and levying the rate as the . Local Authority would have had in the case of a rate made by it. After paying all sums of money so due, the surplus, if any, shall be paid by the Director-General to or to the order of the Local Authority. (3.) The Director-General may from time to time certify the amount of costs and expenses that have been incurred, or an estimate of the costs and expenses about to be incurred, by him or any persons appointed as aforesaid, and also the amount of any loan required to be borrowed for the purpose of defraying any such costs and expenses; and the certificate of the Director- General when confirmed by the Minister shall be conclusive as to all matters to which it relates. Whenever the Director-General so certifies a loan to be required, the Treasurer may advance to the Director- General the amount of the loan so certified to be required; and the Director-General may, by any instrument duly executed, charge the Local Fund with the repayment of the principal and interest due in respect of such loan, and every such charge shall have the same effect as if the Local Authority had itself obtained such loan. The surplus, if any, of such loan, after payment of the costs and expenses aforesaid, shall, on the amount thereof being certified by the Director-General, be repaid to the Treasurer. Powers cf Director- General in default of Local Authority. (4.) The term" expenses" includes all sums payable by or by the order of the Director-General. [19.] When the Director-General is satisfied that a Local Authority has made default in doing any act or thing which under the provisions of this Act or the regulations it is its duty to do, or in enforcing any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations which it is its duty to enforce, the Director-General may make an order directing the Local Authority to do its duty in the matter within a time limited by the order. If such duty is not performed in the time limited, the order may be enforced in the manner provided in

1936. . HEALTH. HealthActs Amendment Act. 15773 the preceding section and the provisions thereof shall be applicable to all costs and expenses incurred in enforcing such order. [20.J (1.) In any emergency, of which the Director- Power of General shall be the judge, the Director-General, Director· in addition to all other powers, authorities, functions, ~ e~ ~ ~ a! t and jurisdiction vested in him by this Act, may and emergencies. shall when directed by the Governor in Council by Order in Council so to do, exercise, undertake, and perform any or all of the functions, powers, and duties delegated to or vested in or imposed upon the Local Authority by the Local Government Act or this Act, and may make such regulations, and do such other acts, matters, or things as he may deem necessary or expedient for promoting and maintaining public health, whether express authority, power, or jurisdiction is conferred upon him by this Act andjor the Local Government Act or not. (2.) All costs and expenses incurred by the Director- General under and in pursuance of the provisions of this section shall, upon the order of the Director-General, be paid by the Local Authority, or by the Local Authorities if more than one concerned, and in the latter case in such proportions as the Director-General by his order may direct. . The provisions of the last preceding section but one shall be applicable to all such costs and expenses. (3.) When in carrying out the provisions of this section any medical certificate is necessary, such certificate may. in the absence of a medical officer of health, be signed by any medical practitioner, and shall for all such purposes be as good, valid, and effectual as if signed by it medical officer of health." 7. The following new section is inserted after New s. 23A. section twenty-three of the Principal Act and numbered 23A, namely : - "[23A.] The Governor in Council may, on the Regulation recommendation of the Director-General, by Order in ~ s?wage, Council prohibit within a time to be specified in the &C~~; e' Order- Gove~ or in (1) The carrym. g 0 ff 0 f sewage andjor dra' mage Councll. into- (a) A watercourse or stream (whether subject to tida I influence or not), or I

15774 HEAIJTH. HealthActsAmendmentAct. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, (b) Any stream or watercourse in which sewage and/or drainage is already being carried off (whether subject to tidal influence or not), or (c) Any drain, open or underground channel, or open water channel, or water table in any road, or (d) Any sewer, or drain, or open or under- ground channel, or open· water channel, or water table in any road in which sewage and/or drainage is already being carried off, or (e) Covered places; or (2) The disposal of sewage and/or drainage by works of subsurface irrigation, . and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Local Authority to make, and within the time specified in the Order, such other provision for sewage and/ or drainage as is specified, and also to take such temporary measnres as may be directed to be taken in the same or other Order in Council. If the Local Authority makes default in compliance with any such Order, the Director-General shall have all the rights, powers, and authorities vested in him, and the Local Authority shall have all the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed upon a Local Authority by sections eighteen and twenty of this Act. A Local Authority shall have power to institute proceedings in respect of any act or omission whereby or in consequence of which a nuisance arises (whether subject to tidal influence or not) by the pollution of any river or watercourse within or passing through its Area, or passing along the boundaries thereof, against any other Local Authority or person, whether such pollution arises within or without the Area of such firstmentioned Local Authority and may take such steps as are deemed necessary to abate such nuisance, and may recover the expenses incurred in so doing from the Local Authority I or person from whose act or omission such nuisance has been occasioned. A Local Authority or Local Authorities may, with the approval of the Governor in Council, carry out such work in any river or watercourse (whether subject to tidal influence or not) within or passing through the

HEALTH. - -~ ~ - - - - - - - - ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ 1936. HealthActs AmendmentAct. - -~ - -- - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Area of such Local Authority or Local Authorities, or passing along the boundaries thereof, for the purpose of preventing or removing the pollution of any such river or watercourse or of abating any nuisance arising therefrom. For this purpose the provisions of Part IX. of the Local Government Act shall be applied. No Order in Council under this section shall be made until the Local Authority shall first have been given at least one month's notice of the intention to make such Order, so as to enable the said Local Authority to make representations to the Minister in reference to the proposal. Every such Order in Council shall be published in the Gazette and upon publication shall have the same force and effect as if it were enacted in this Act, and shall be judicially noticed, and shall not be questioned in any proceedings whatever." 15775 8. (1.) Sections thirty-five to sixty, both inclusive, Repeal of BS. and sections seventy-two to seventy-six, both inclusive, ~ g~ ~ ~ ~ ~ d of the Principal Act are repealed: Principal Act. Provided that notwithstanding the repeal of the above sections all Proclamations, Orders in Council, rules, regulations, by-laws, or notifications made under the Principal Act and in force at the coming into operation of this Act shall continue in force until the same or any of them are repealed or amended under *"The Health Acts, 1900 to 1936" : Provided further, that all proceedings and things had or done under or in pursuance of the Principal Act shall be and continue to be of the same force and effect to all intents and purposes as if no such repeal had taken place. 9. Sections one hundred and eighty-nine to one Repeal of hundred and ninety-eight, both inclusive, of the Principal : : 1~ ~ ~ o Act are hereby repealed and the following new sections 198. are inserted in lieu thereof :- "[189.] In this Part of this Act- Interpreta. tion. " Private hospital" means any house, apartment, Priv~ te or premises which is used or intended to be hospItal. used for the reception, care, and treatment * 64 Vic. No. 9 and amending Acts, supra, pages 7735 et seq.

15776 HEALTH. Heatth Acts Amendment Act. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, License. nurse. of sick persons, or of women for the purposes of their lying-in or confinement, or of mental cases, or of mothers andlor infants, and which is not a hospital subject to *" The Hospitals Act of 1936 " ; " License '''-A license granted under this Act and for the time being in force; " Registered nurse" means a nurse registered as a general nurse or midwifery nurse, or mental nurse, or child welfare nurse under t" The Nurses and Masseurs Registration Acts, 1928 to 1933." Private [190.] No person shall without a license from the hboeslpicietanlssetdo. Minister erect or keep any private hospital and whether-" (a) A general private hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of any cases, including midwifery cases; or (b) A lying-in hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of midwifery cases only; or (c) A hospital for the reception, care, and treat- ment of mental cases only (other than cases in respect of persons who have been certified as insane pursuant to t" The Insanity Acts, 1884 to 1935"); (d) Any hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of mothers andlor infants. Any contravention of this section shall be an offence. Any offence" committed against this section shall render the offender liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds; and in addition liable to a daily penalty not exceeding five pounds for each and every day during which such offence is continued after a conviction therefor. Persons who [191.] No person shall be entitled to apply for or fa~ atYld hold a license for a private hospital unless such person li'!nses. 0 is either a medical practitioner or a registered nurse. * 1 Geo. VI. No. 4, infra, page 15782. t 19 Geo. V. No. 10 and 24 Geo. V. No. 31, supra, pages 12202 and 14669. t 48 Vic. No. 8 and 26 Goo. V. No. 34, Bupra, pages 1003 and 15445.

1936. HEALTH. H eaUh Acts Amendment Act. 15777 [192.] Licenses for private hospitals shall be of Kinds of four classes, namely :- licenses. (a) Of a general private hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of any cases, including midwifery cases; (b) Of a lying-in hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of midwifery cases only; (c) Of a hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of mental cases only (other than cases in respect of persons who have been certified as insane pursuant to *" The Insanity Acts, 1884 to 1935 ") ; (d) A hospital for the reception, care, and treat, ment of mothers and/or infants: Provided that a license for a general private hospital shall, in the case of a nurse, be granted only to a nurse who is registered as a general nurse pursuant to the provisions of t "The Nurses and Masseurs Registration Acts, 1928 to 1933 " : Provided further, that a license for a lying-in hospital shall, in the case of a nurse, be granted only to a nurse who is registered as a midwifery nurse pursuant to the . provisions of t" The Nurses and Masseurs Registration Acts, 1928 to 1933 " : Provided further, that a license for a hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of mental cases only shall, in the case of a nurse, be granted only to a nurse who is registered as a mental nurse pursuant to the provisions of t" The Nurses and Masseurs Registration Acts, 1928 to 1933" : Provided further, that a license for a hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of mothers and/or infants shall, in the case of a nurse, be granted only to a nurse who is registered as a child welfare nurse pursuant to the provisions of t" The Nurses and Masseurs Registration Acts, 1928 to 1933 " : * 48 Vic. No. 8 and 26 Geo. v. No. 34, supra, pages 1003 and 15445. t 19 Geo. V. No. 10 and 24 Geo. V. No. 31, supra, pages 12202 and 14669.

15778 HEALTH. HealthActsAmendmentAct. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, Provided further, in the case of a combined general private and lying-in hospital, where the nurse (being the holder of the license) is registered only as a general nurse, such nurse shall employ in such hospital a registered midwifery nurse, and shall retain the services of such registered midwifery nurse for such time as midwifery cases are being treated in the hospital ; and in like manner where the nurse (being the holder of the license) is registered only as a midwifery nurse, such nurse shall employ in such hospital a registered general nurse and shall retain the services of such registered general nurse for such time as general cases are being treated in the hospital. License. [193.] The Minister may from time to time on the recommendation of the Director-General grant or refuse to grant to any person a license to erect and/or use a private hospital. Applications for licenses or renewals thereof shall be made to the Director-General in the prescribed form and shall contain the prescribed particulars and be accom- panied by the prescribed fee. Duration of [194.] (1.) Any license granted by the Minister shall license. take effect from the date of the issue thereof and shall expire on the thirtieth day of September next following. Renewals. (2.) Every licensee who desires to obtain a renewal of his or her license shall before the date of the expiry thereof make application to the Minister for a renewal of such license. The Minister may on the recommendation of the Director-General grant or refuse to grant to any licensee a renewal of his or her license. Any such renewal of the license shall take effect on and from the expiry of the original license and shall expire on the thirtieth day of September next following: Provided that the same may be renewed from time to time in like manner. (3.) Any person who at the passing of *" The Health Acts Amendment Act of 1936 " holds a current certificate of registration for a private hospital duly granted by a Local Authority shall be entitled to use such private * 1 Geo. VI. No. 5 (this Aot). I

1936. HEAI.JTH. H eaUh Acts Amendment Act. 15779 hospital without obtaining from the Minister a license pursuant to this Act until the expiration of such certificate of registration. [195.J The annual fee payable for a license or the Fees. renewal of a license for a private hospital shall be- (a) For a general private hospital, five pounds; (b) For a lying-in hospital, two pounds; (c) For a mental hospital, two pounds; (d) For a hospital for the reception, care, and treatment of mothers and/or infants, two pounds. [196.] No addition or alteration shall be made to, Additions . in, or about the premises of a licensed private hospital a~d t' until notice in writing of the proposed addition or:o ~ ~ : ~ ~ : s . alteration, accompanied by a plan of the addition or alteration drawn upon the scale prescribed, has been given to the Director-General by the person to whom the license has been granted, and the written approval of the Director-General has been given thereto. [197. J (1.) The person to whom a license for a Applicant to private hospital is granted shall be held responsible for resIde, &c. the due conduct thereof. Such licensed person, if a registered nurse, shall continuously reside on the premises; and, if a medical practitioner, shall either personally continuously so reside, or some registered nurse or medical practitioner appointed by him in that behalf, and whose name is notified to the Director- General, shall continuously so reside. (2.) Leave of absence for any period not exceeding three months at anyone time may be granted by the Director-General to such person upon application being made in writing to him: Provided that during such'period a person qualified to hold a certificate under this Act must reside on the registered premises and undertake the responsibility aforesaid. . (3.) A certificate of registration may be transferred for the term then unexpired to a person qualified to hold the same under this Act upon the written approval of the Director-General being first obtained.

15780 HEALTH. HealthActsAmendmentAct. 1 GEO. VI. No. 5, The transfer shall be effected by the production to the Director-General of the license and the endorsement thereon of the name of the transferee, who shall thereupon be deemed for all the purposes of this Act to be the person to whom such license was granted. (4.) If the holder of a license by sickness or other cause becomes incapable of keeping the private hospital or dies before the expiration of the current year, the Director-General may, by writing endorsed on the license under his hand, transfer it with all the privileges and obligations annexed thereto, for the term then unexpired, to another qualified person, and thenceforth the license shall remain in force and have the same effect as if granted to such person; and where a license is granted to two or more persons, and before the expiration thereof any of such persons dies, leaving the other or others sur- viving, the license shall remain in force and have the same effect as if it had been granted to such survivors or survivor alone. (5.) In the case of fire, flood, tempest, or other unforeseen calamity rendering the premises unfit for the accommodation of patients, the license thereof may, by endorsement by the Director-General under his hand and without further fee for the current year, be made applicable either for the unexpired period thereof or temporarily to other premises. Regulations. [198.] (1.) The·Director-General may from time to time with the approval of the Governor in Council, make regulations for the control, management, supervision, and regulation, and/or regulation of the use of, private hospitals, and prescribing the information to be contained in applications for licenses or the renewal of licenses of private hospitals, and the terms, provisions, conditions, and stipulations upon which licenses or the renewal of licenses for private purposes may be granted and/or renewed: Provided that, but without limit to the generality of this section, such regulations may be so made and approved prescribing- Construe- (i.) The construction, elevation, materials, and form tion, &e. of buildings. Foundations (ii.) Foundations and sites of buildings and other and sites. erections.

1936. HEALTH. H eaUh Acts Amendment Act. 15781 (iii.) The mode in which and the materials with Excavation. which such foundations and sites are to be made, excavated, filled up, prepared, and completed for securing stability, and for purposes of health. (iv.) Requiring a sufficiency of space about buildings Air-space to secure a free circulation of air, and requiring a ~ ~~ tilation. sufficiency of ventilation and air-space within buildings and rooms. struc ( t v u .) rePs. reventing the overcrowding of land by Oinvgelracnrodw. d· (vi.) Regulating the distance from any other Distance building at which it shall be lawful to construct any ~ ~ t~ ~ ~ s. building or any building erected or used for or forming " part of a private hospital. (vii.) The thickness, and the description, and quality Thickness of the substances of which walls may be constructed for ~ ~ ~ erials of securing stability, the prevention of fire, and for purposes walls. of health. (viii.) The means of escape from fire in buildings. Escape from fire. (ix.) Prohibiting buildings or structures which have Alterations. been erected or constructed in accordance with the regulations from being altered in such a way that if at first so erected or constructed they would have contravened the regulations. (x.) All such other acts, matters, and things as may be necessary or expedient to control and regulate the licensing of private hospitals, including the delegation by the Minister to the Director-General of his power to grant or refuse to grant licenses or renewals of licenses of private hospitals. (2.) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, no building shall be erected or used for or in respect of any private hospital unless the same shall comply in full with the provisions of the Local Government Act and/or the by-laws of the Local Authority of the Area in which such private hospital is situated.

15782 HEALTH-HOSPITALS. Hospitals Act. 1 GEO. VI. No. 4, (3.) The regulations may prescribe a penalty not in any case exceeding twenty pounds for any breach thereof, and in addition a daily penalty not exceeding two pounds for each and every day during which such breach is continued after a conviction therefor." Aofm s. en1d9m9.ent Princ 1 ip 0 a . l SAeccttiiosnamoneendhedunbdyrerdepeaanldingnitnheetrye- inninthee owf otrhdes " the medical officer of health or other officer authorised by the Local Authority " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words" a health officer or other officer authorised by the Director-General." sR2s0e. 3pA2e0. a3l aonfd are re 1 p 1 e . alSedec. tions 203 and 203AOf the Principal. Act oAfm B. en2d25m.ent twent 1 y 2 -f . ivSeuobfsetchteioPnritnhcriepealoAf csteicstiaomn etnwdoedhbuyndrerepdealainndg therein the words " name and address " and by inserting in lieu thereof the words " name or address." 1 GEO. VI. No. 4. THE HOSPITALS. ACT OF 1936. HOSPITALS. An Act to Make Better Provision for the Treat- ment of the Sick, and for the Provision, Control, and Management of the Various Organisations relating thereto, and for other purposes. [ASSENTED TO 17TH DECEMBER, 1936.] B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- PART I.- PRELIMJNARY. PART I.-PRELIl\UNARY. Short title. 1. (1.) This Act may be cited as "Phe Hospitals Act of 1936." Com~ eFC: t (2.) * This Act shall come into operation on a date to men 0 c. be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation published in the Gazette, which date is herein referred to as the commencement of this Act. -------_._----------------- * Proclaimed in force as from 1st Jan., 1937, by Proclamation of 23rd Dec., 1936 (Gazette, 26th Dec., 1936, page 2533).