Health Practitioner Regulation (Adoption of National Law) Act 2009 (NSW)

Health Practitioner Regulation (Adoption of National Law) Act 2009 No 86

An Act to apply as a law of this State a national law relating to health practitioner regulation.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Health Practitioner Regulation (Adoption of National Law) Act 2009.

2 Commencement (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on 1 July 2010. (2) A proclamation made before 1 July 2010 may appoint a day that is later than 1 July 2010 as the day on which this Act commences.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) means the provisions applying in this jurisdiction because of section 4. (2) Terms used in Part 2 and also in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW) have the same meaning in Part 2 as they have in that Law.

Part 2 Adoption of Health Practitioner Regulation National Law

4 Adoption of Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (1) The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, as in force from time to time, set out in the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland— (a) applies as a law of this jurisdiction, with the modifications set out in Schedule 1, and (b) as so applying may be referred to as the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), and (c) so applies as if it were a part of this Act. (2) If, after the commencement of this subsection, the Parliament of Queensland amends the Schedule to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 of Queensland, the amendment (the Queensland amendment) does not apply in New South Wales until a regulation is made applying the Queensland amendment as an amendment to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (NSW), with or without modification. (3) A regulation made under subsection (2) that applies a Queensland amendment with modification may, for that purpose, amend the Schedule to this Act. (4) Despite the Interpretation Act 1987, section 39, a regulation made under subsection (2) may commence on the day the Queensland amendment commences, including a day that is earlier than the day the regulation is published on the NSW legislation website. (5) A regulation made under subsection (2) is repealed on the day after all of its provisions have commenced. (6) The repeal of a regulation under subsection (5) does not affect the application of the Queensland amendment, with or without modification, provided for by the regulation.