Medical Practice Amendment (Procedure for Inquiry) Regulation 2008 (NSW)

2008 No 428

New South Wales

Medical Practice Amendment

(Procedure for Inquiry) Regulation

2008

under the

Medical Practice Act 1992

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Medical Practice Act 1992.

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to defer the operation of section 176 of the Medical Practice Act 1992 (as amended by the Medical Practice Amendment Act 2008), which makes Professional Standards Committees open to the public unless the Committee directs otherwise. The deferred provision will apply only to a Committee consisting of 4 members (one of whom is required to be a lawyer) constituted by the NSW Medical Board.

This Regulation is made under the Medical Practice Act 1992, including section 194 (the general regulation-making power) and clause 2 of Schedule 5.

Published in Gazette No 123 of 26 September 2008, page 9405	Page 1
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Clause 1	Medical Practice Amendment (Procedure for Inquiry) Regulation 2008

Medical Practice Amendment (Procedure for Inquiry)

Regulation 2008

under the

Medical Practice Act 1992

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Medical Practice Amendment (Procedure for
Inquiry) Regulation 2008.

2      Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 October 2008.

3 Amendment of Medical Practice Regulation 2003

The Medical Practice Regulation 2003 is amended by inserting after clause 14:

14A Transitional provision: procedure for inquiry

Section 176 of the Act, as amended by the Medical Practice Amendment Act 2008, applies only to a Committee constituted by the Board under section 168 of the Act as amended by the Medical Practice Amendment Act 2008.

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