Nurses Amendment Act 2003 No 45 Proclamation re commencement (2004-270) (NSW)

2004 No 270

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

Nurses Amendment Act 2003 No 45

MARIE BASHIR, Governor

I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 (1) of the Nurses Amendment Act 2003, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 June 2004 as the day on which Schedule 2.14 and 2.18 [1] and [2] to that Act commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 26th day of May 2004.

By Her Excellency’s Command,

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Minister for Health

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence Schedule 2.14 and 2.18 [1] and [2] to the Nurses Amendment Act 2003. Schedule 2.14 amends the Physiotherapists Act 2001 to provide for a new regulation-making power with respect to the infection control standards to be followed in the practice of physiotherapy. Schedule 2.18 [1] and [2] amend existing provisions of the Public Health Act 1991 that restrict the carrying out of spinal manipulation and certain electrophysical treatments to certain health care professionals. The amendments make provision for student health care professionals acting under appropriate supervision to also carry out the procedures.

BY AUTHORITY

Published in Gazette No 91 of 28 May 2004, page 3221 Page 1