Health Professions Boards (Procedures) (Amendment) Act 1983 (ACT)

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Health Professions Boards (Procedures)

(Amendment) Ordinance 1983

No.64ofl983

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 21 December 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

NEAL BLEWETT

Minister of State for Health

An Ordinance to amend the Health Professions Boards (Procedures)

Ordinance 1981

Short title

(Procedures) (Amendment) Ordinance 1983.1 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Health Professions Boards

Principal Ordinance

accordingly.
Boards (Procedures) Ordinance >981.2	2. In this Ordinance, "Principal Ordinance" means the Health Professions
3. After section 22 of the Principal Ordinance the following section is

inserted in Part IV:

Minister may direct Board to conduct proceeding
"22A. (1) The Minister may, oy notice in writing to the Chairman or, in
the absence of the Chairman, to the Deputy Chairman of a Board, direct that

the Board conduct a proceeding in relation to the matter specified in the notice

"(2) Where the Minister gives a direction under sub-section (1) that a
Board conduct a proceeding, the Board shall conduct the proceeding

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"(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the power of a Board to conduct a proceeding without a direction being given by the Minister under sub-section (1).".

Impartiality of Boards

4. Section 41 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by omitting "A" and

substituting "Subject to this Ordinance, a".

NOTES

1.    Notified in the Com monwealth of Australia Gazet /eon 30 December 1983.

2.    No. 46, 1981 as amended by No. 85,1982.