Health Education Council Act Amendment Act 1975 (WA)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
HEALTH EDUCATION
COUNCIL.
No. 62 of 1975.
AN ACT to amend the Health Education Council Act,
1958-1961.
[Assented to 24th October, 1975.]
BE it enacted by the Queen's Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Health =et title
| Education Council Act Amendment Act, 1975. | citation. |
| (2) | In this Act the Health Education Council Act, | Act No. 30 |
| of 1958 as |
| 1958-1961, is referred to as the principal Act. | amended by | |
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| (3) | The principal Act as amended by this Act may |
be cited as the Health Education Council Act,
1958-1975.
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Section 6
| amended. | 2. Section 6 of the principal Act is amended |
| (a) | by deleting the word "eighteen" in line two of subsection (1) and substituting the word "twenty-one"; |
| (b) | by deleting the word "fourteen" in line four of subsection (1) and substituting the word "seventeen"; |
| (c) | by repealing subsections (2) and (3) and re-enacting those subsections as follows |
(2) Of the persons appointed to the
office of ex officio councillor
| (a) | one shall be an officer of the department of the Public Service of the State known as the Education Department; |
| (b) | one shall be an officer of the department of the Public Service of the State known as the Mental Health Services; and |
| (c) | two shall be officers of the department of the Public Service of the State known as the Public Health Department. |
(3) Of the persons appointed to the
office of nominee councillor
| (a) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian Alcohol and Drug Authority established under the Alcohol and Drug Authority Act, 1974; |
| (b) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian Teacher Education Authority established under the Teacher Education Act, 1972; |
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| (c) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian division of the Australian Institute of Health Surveyors; |
| (d) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian branch of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation; |
| (e) | one shall be a nominee of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia; |
| (f) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Public Health Association; |
| (g) | one shall be a nominee of the Local Government Association of Western Australia; |
| (h) | one shall be a nominee of the Country Shire Councils' Association of W.A.; |
(i) one shall be a nominee of the Perth Newspaper Proprietors' Association;
| (j) | one shall be a nominee of the Country Women's Association of Western Australia; |
| (k) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Medical Association; |
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(1) one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian Council of State School Organizations;
| (m) | one shall be a nominee of the Western Australian branch of the Australian Dental Association; |
| (n) | one shall be a representative of tertiary education institutions, within the meaning of the Western Australian Tertiary Education Commission Act, 1970, nominated by the Minister; |
| (o) | one shall be a representative of employees nominated by the Minister; |
| (p) | one shall be a representative of employers nominated by the Minister; and |
| (q) | one, not being an officer of the Public Service of the State, shall be a nominee of the Minister. ; |
| (d) | by repealing the proviso to paragraph (a) of subsection (7); and |
| (e) | by deleting the word "nominee" in line one of paragraph (a) of subsection (10). |
Section 6A
| added. | 3. The principal Act is amended by adding after |
section 6 a section as follows-
Transitional
| provisions. | 6A. (1) In this section |
"the amended provisions", where used in
relation to ex officio councillors, means
subsection (2) of section six of this Act
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as re-enacted by section two of the amending Act and, where used in relation to nominee councillors, means subsection (3) of that section as so
re-enacted;
"the amending Act" means the Health Education Council Act Amendment Act, 1975.
(2) As soon as is practicable after the coming into operation of the amending Act the Minister shall appoint four ex officio councillors and seventeen nominee councillors pursuant to the amended provisions.
(3) Subject to paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (g) of subsection (8) of section six of this Act, the councillors holding office immediately before the coming into operation of the amending Act shall
| (a) | continue in office until; and |
| (b) | go out of office at, |
the commencement of the day specified in the
notice of appointment published in the Gazette past 7(1)
as the commencing day of the respective terms
of tenure of office of the first nominee
councillors appointed pursuant to the amended
provisions.
(4) The respective terms of tenure of office of the first ex officio councillors appointed pursuant to the amended provisions shall commence on the day referred to in subsection (3) of this section.
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(5) The words "three years" in line four of paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section six of this Act shall be read and construed as if they were the words
| (a) | "two years", in relation to the first nominee councillors appointed pursuant to paragraphs (g), (h), (i), (j), (k) and (1) of the amended provisions; |
| (b) | "one year", in relation to the first nominee councillors appointed pursuant to paragraphs (m), (n), (o), (p) and (q) of the amended provisions. . |
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