Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016 (WA)

Western Australia

Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016

Western Australia

Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016 Contents1. Short title 12 — Commencement3. Term used: Royal Perth Hospital 14. Operation of Act 15. Continuation of Royal Perth Hospital 16. Services to be provided 27. Development of Royal Perth Hospital 28. Name of Royal Perth Hospital 29. Regulations 2NotesCompilation table 3Defined terms

Western Australia

Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016

Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016

An Act to provide for the continued operation at Royal Perth Hospital.

The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:

1.Short title

This is the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016.

2.Commencement

This Act comes into operation as follows —

• (a)

  sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;

• (b)

  the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.

3.Term used: Royal Perth Hospital

In this Act —

Royal Perth Hospital means that part of the public hospital of that name situated on the land being any of the following —

• (a)

  Lot 915 on Deposited Plan 183229, being a portion of the land the subject of Certificate of Title Volume 2726 Folio 337;

• (b)

  Lot 916 on Deposited Plan 183230, being a portion of the land the subject of Certificate of Title Volume 2726 Folio 337;

• (c)

  Lot 500 on Deposited Plan 58617, being a portion of the land the subject of Certificate of Title Volume 2726 Folio 339.

4.Operation of Act

This Act has effect despite any provision of the Health Services Act 2016.

5.Continuation of Royal Perth Hospital

Royal Perth Hospital is to continue to operate as a public hospital unless a resolution approving the closure of the hospital has been passed by each House of Parliament.

6.Services to be provided

For the purpose of maintaining Royal Perth Hospital as a tertiary hospital, the entity for the time being having management and control of Royal Perth Hospital under the Health Services Act 2016 is to provide the prescribed medical and support services at the hospital.

7.Development of Royal Perth Hospital

• (1)

  To the extent that, because of development on the site of Royal Perth Hospital, it is not practicable for a part of the hospital to operate or to provide a service referred to in section 6, sections 5 and 6 have no effect while the development is carried out.

• (2)

  In this section —

development means development within the meaning given in the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4.

8.Name of Royal Perth Hospital

The name of Royal Perth Hospital is not to be changed unless a resolution approving the change has been passed by each House of Parliament.

9.Regulations

The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.

Notes

1          This is a compilation of the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2016	37 of 2016	16 Nov 2016	s. 1 and 2: 16 Nov 2016 (see s. 2(a)); Act other than s. 1 and 2: 17 Nov 2016 (see s. 2(b))

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

development................................................................................................................. 7(2)

Royal Perth Hospital........................................................................................................ 3