Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Amendment Act 2011 (Vic)

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Amendment Act 2011

No. 45 of 2011

table of provisions

Section  Page

1Purpose

2Commencement

3New section 6A inserted

6ATime for appeal against appellable decision

4New section 9 inserted

9Transitional provision—Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Amendment Act 2011

5Repeal of amending Act

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EndnoteS

Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Amendment Act 2011

No. 45 of 2011

[Assented to 22 September 2011]

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

1Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009—

(a)to provide for the time period within which an appeal under section 199 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law must be brought; and

(b)to make other minor amendments.

2Commencement

This Act comes into operation on 1 July 2012.

3New section 6A inserted

After section 6 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009 insert—

6ATime for appeal against appellable decision"

(1)A person who is the subject of an appellable decision under section 199 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) may appeal against that decision by lodging an application for review of that decision by VCAT.

(2)An application under subsection (1) must be lodged no more than 28 days after the person has been given notice of the appellable decision.".

4New section 9 inserted

After section 8 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009 insert—

9Transitional provision—Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Amendment Act 2011"

(1)Section 6A applies to an application lodged on or after 1 July 2012.

(2)If an appellable decision is made before 1 July 2012, an application for review of that appellable decision must be lodged with VCAT no more than 28 days after 1 July 2012.".

5Repeal of amending Act

This Act is repealed on 1 July 2013.

Note

The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).

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EndnoteS

Minister's second reading speech—

Legislative Assembly: 1 June 2011

Legislative Council: 1 September 2011

The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Victoria) Act 2009 to provide for a time period within which an appeal to VCAT must be made and for other purposes."