Public Health Amendment (Fees and Interstate Medical Referees) Regulation 2003 (NSW)

2003 No 306

New South Wales

Public Health Amendment (Fees and

Interstate Medical Referees)

Regulation 2003

under the

Public Health Act 1991

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Public Health Act 1991.

MORRIS IEMMA, M.P.,

Minister for Health

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to increase certain fees payable under the Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulation 2002 with respect to the exhumation of human remains and the use of crematory equipment, and
(b)	to increase certain fees payable under the Public Health (Microbial Control) Regulation 2000 with respect to the installation of certain warm-water systems, and
(c)	to enable cremation permits under Part 6 of the Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulation 2002 to be issued by interstate medical practitioners who have been appointed as medical referees by the Director-General of the Department of Health.

This Regulation is made under the Public Health Act 1991, including section 82 (the general power to make regulations).

Published in Gazette No 93 of 30 May 2003, page 4942	Page 1
2003 No 306	Public Health Amendment (Fees and Interstate Medical Referees)
Clause 1	Regulation 2003

Public Health Amendment (Fees and Interstate Medical

Referees) Regulation 2003

under the

Public Health Act 1991

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Public Health Amendment (Fees and
Interstate Medical Referees) Regulation 2003.

2 Amendment of Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulation 2002

The Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulation 2002 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

3 Amendment of Public Health (Microbial Control) Regulation 2000

The Public Health (Microbial Control) Regulation 2000 is amended by omitting “$125” from clause 7 (2) and by inserting instead “$130”.

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Public Health Amendment (Fees and Interstate Medical Referees)	2003 No 306
Regulation 2003
Amendment of Public Health (Disposal of Bodies) Regulation 2002	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment of Public Health (Disposal of
Bodies) Regulation 2002 (Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 26 Application to exhume remains

Omit “$245” from clause 26 (2) (c). Insert instead “$255”.

[2]      Clause 42 Medical referees

Insert at the end of the clause:

, or

(d) a person who is duly registered as a medical practitioner under the law in force in another State or Territory and who has been appointed by the Director-General as a medical referee for the purposes of clauses 39 and 41.

[3]      Clause 46 Fee for approval of equipment for a crematory

Omit “$495” from clause 46 (1). Insert instead “$505”.

[4]      Clause 46 (2)

Omit “$245”. Insert instead “$255”.

BY AUTHORITY

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