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2007 No
82
2008 No
62
2008 No
79
2009 No
15
2009 No
49
2007 No
94
2009 No
56
2010 No
19
2008 No
107
2010 No
34
2010 No
59
2010 No
96
2010 No
97
2011 No
4
2013 No
24
2014 No
85
2015 No
38
2015 No
58
2015 No
58
2016 No
27
2016 No
45
2017 No
25
2017 No
44
2017 No
50
2018 No
28
2018 No
2
2018 No
85
2020 No
1
2020 No
5
2021 No
5
2020 No 12
2022 No 52022 No
6
2022 No 5
2022 No 41
2018 No 70
2023 No 37
2024 No
5
Mental Health Act 2007 No 8
date of commencement, 16.11.2007, sec 2 and GG No 169 of 16.11.2007, p
8465
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2007 No 82
date of commencement of Sch 2.9, assent, sec 2 (2)
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act
2007 No 94
date of commencement of Sch 1.66, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW
3.7.2009
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
No 62
date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1)
Mental Health Legislation Amendment (Forensic Provisions)
Act 2008 No 79
date of commencement, 1.3.2009, sec 2 and GG No 44 of 27.2.2009, p
1229
Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act
2008 No 107
date of commencement of Sch 18, assent, sec 2 (1)
Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act
2008 No 107
date of commencement of Sch 16, 21.6.2010, sec 2 (2) and 2010 (246) LW
18.6.2010
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No
15
date of commencement of Sch 1.6, assent, sec 2 (1)
NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49
date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW
1.7.2009
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009
No 56
date of commencement of Sch 1.25, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (2)
Relationships Register Act 2010 No 19
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2)
Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act
2010 No 34
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010
No 59
date of commencement of Sch 1.18, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2)
Health Legislation Further Amendment Act 2010 No
96
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Health Services Amendment (Local Health Networks) Act
2010 No 97
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (716) LW
17.12.2010
Health Services Amendment (Local Health Districts and
Boards) Act 2011 No 4
date of commencement, 1.7.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (313) LW
1.7.2011
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No
24
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Mental Health Amendment (Statutory Review) Act
2014 No 85
date of commencement, 31.8.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (445) LW
7.8.2015
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015
No 15
date of commencement of Sch 1.18, 8.7.2015, sec 2 (1)
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2015 No
38
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
2015 No 58
date of commencement of Sch 1, 8.1.2016, sec 2 (1)
date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.1.2016, sec 2 (3)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2016
No 27
date of commencement of Sch 1.15, 8.7.2016, sec 2 (1)
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No
45
date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1)
Electronic Transactions Legislation Amendment (Government
Transactions) Act 2017 No 25
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2017 No
44
date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (1)
Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act
2017 No 50
date of commencement of Sch 5.20, 8.1.2018, sec 2 and 2017 (666) LW
1.12.2017
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No
2
date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (2) and 2018 (227) LW
1.6.2018
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Marriages) Act
2018 No 28
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment)
Act 2018 No 70
date of commencement of Sch 4.67, 1.7.2023, sec 2(1) and 2023 (91) LW
2.3.2023
Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Amendment (Victims) Act
2018 No 85
date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1)
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency Measures) Act
2020 No 1
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
COVID-19 Legislation Amendment (Emergency
Measures—Miscellaneous) Act 2020 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1.21, assent, sec 2(1)
Mental Health and Cognitive Impairment Forensic Provisions
Act 2020 No 12
date of commencement, 27.3.2021, sec 2 and 2021 (116) LW
19.3.2021
COVID-19 Recovery Act 2021 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2(1)
COVID-19 and Other Legislation Amendment (Regulatory
Reforms) Act 2022 No 5
date of commencement of Sch 1.12[1] [2] and [4], 30.6.2022, sec 2(3) and
2022 (275) LW 10.6.2022
date of commencement of Sch 1.12[3], assent, sec 2(1)
Health Legislation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act
2022 No 6
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Health Legislation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act (No 2)
2022 No 41
date of commencement of Sch 6, assent, sec 2(b)
Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act
2023 No 37
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Detention Legislation Amendment (Prohibition on Spit Hoods)
Act 2024 No 5
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
1History
notes
Sec 3
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[2]–[4].
Sec 4
Am 2007 No 82, Sch 2.9;
2008 No 79, Sch 2 [1] [2]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [1] [2]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.65
[1] [2]; 2013 No 24, Sch 5 [1]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2018 No 28, Sch
1.20; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[1]–[3].
Sec 9
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[7] [8].
Sec 10
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[9].
Sec 12
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[3].
Sec 16
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[10].
Sec 18
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[11]; 2022 No 41, Sch 6[1] [2].
Sec 19
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[12].
Sec 19A
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[13].
Sec 24
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[4]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[4].
Sec 26
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[14].
Sec 27
Am 2008 No 107, Sch 16
[3] [4]; 2016 No 27, Sch 1.15 [1] [2].
Sec 27A
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[15]. Am 2022 No 5, Sch 1.12[1] [2].
Sec 28
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[16] [17].
Sec 28A
Ins 2013 No 24, Sch 5
[2].
Sec 31
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[5].
Sec 32
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[6]; 2009 No 56, Sch 1.25 [1] [2]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [18] [19]; 2017 No 44,
Sch 1.19; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[5] [6].
Sec 33
Am 2008 No 107, Sch 16
[5].
Sec 34
Subst 2008 No 107, Sch
16 [6]. Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [20] [21].
Sec 35
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[7]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [7]–[12]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [22]; 2022 No 41,
Sch 6[3].
Sec 36
Subst 2008 No 107, Sch
16 [13].
Sec 37
Am 2010 No 96, Sch 1
[1]; 2018 No 2, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 38
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[8]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 40
Am 2010 No 96, Sch 1
[2] [3].
Sec 41
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[24].
Sec 43
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[25].
Sec 43A
Ins 2013 No 24, Sch 5
[3].
Sec 44
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[26].
Sec 46
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[9].
Sec 48
Am 2018 No 2, Sch 4
[2].
Sec 51
Am 2008 No 107, Sch 16
[14]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 52
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[10]; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.6 [1]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 53
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[11] [12] (am 2008 No 107, Sch 18); 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [15]–[18]; 2010
No 96, Sch 1 [4]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 55
Am 2008 No 107, Sch 16
[19].
Sec 57
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[30].
Sec 58
Am 2010 No 96, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 61
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[13].
Sec 61A
Ins 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[14].
Sec 62
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[15].
Sec 63
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[16]; 2018 No 2, Sch 4 [3].
Sec 64
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[17] [18].
Sec 65
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[19].
Sec 66
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[31].
Sec 66A
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[32].
Chapter 4, Part 1,
heading
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[33].
Sec 68
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[34]–[38].
Sec 69
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[20].
Sec 69A
Ins 2024 No 5, Sch
5.
Sec 71
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[39]–[42].
Sec 72
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[43].
Secs 72A,
72B
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[44] (am 2015 No 15, Sch 1.18 [1]).
Sec 73
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[45].
Sec 74A
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[46].
Sec 75
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[47].
Sec 76
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[48] [49].
Sec 77
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[21]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [20]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[7].
Sec 78
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[50]; 2018 No 2, Sch 4 [4].
Sec 79
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[51]–[53].
Sec 82
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[22].
Sec 83
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[54].
Sec 84
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[23] [24]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[8].
Sec 89
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[25]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [55].
Sec 93
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[56].
Sec 94
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[57]–[59].
Sec 96
Am 2010 No 96, Sch 1
[6]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [60]–[65]; 2018 No 2, Sch 4
[5]–[8].
Sec 97
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[66].
Sec 98
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[26].
Sec 99
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[27].
Sec 100
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[27]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [67] [68].
Sec 101
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[27]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [69] [70].
Sec 107
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[28]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.60 [1]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[9].
Sec 108
Am 2018 No 70, Sch
4.67[1].
Sec 120
Am 2015 No 58, Sch 1.9
[1].
Sec 127
Am 2015 No 58, Sch 1.9
[2].
Sec 129
Am 2010 No 34, Sch
2.33 [1]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [71].
Sec 131
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[72].
Sec 134
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[73]–[75].
Sec
134A
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[76].
Sec 141
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[29]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [21]; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.6 [2].
Sec 142
Am 2015 No 58, Sch
3.60 [2].
Sec 147
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[77]; 2018 No 70, Sch 4.67[2].
Sec 150
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[30] [31]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [22]–[24]; 2010 No 96, Sch 1 [7]; 2020 No
12, Sch 3.17[10].
Sec 151
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[32] [33]; 2010 No 59, Sch 1.18 [1]; 2020 No 12, Sch
3.17[11].
Sec 152
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[78].
Sec 153
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[34]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[12].
Sec 154
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[35]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [25]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [79]; 2018 No 2, Sch 4
[9].
Sec 155
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[36]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[13].
Sec 160
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[37] [38]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [26]; 2018 No 85, Sch 5; 2020 No 12, Sch
3.17[14] [15].
Sec 162
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[39] [40]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[16].
Sec
162A
Ins 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[41]. Am 2010 No 97, Sch 2.18; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.20; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.60 [3];
2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[17].
Sec 165
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[42]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[18].
Sec 166
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[43] [44].
Sec 170
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[45] [46]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[19].
Sec 172
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[20].
Sec 174
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47] [48]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[21].
Sec 176
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[49].
Sec 177
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[22].
Sec 178
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[50] [51]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[23].
Sec 180
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[52] [53]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[24].
Sec
181
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[54]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[25].
Sec
182
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[26].
Sec
184
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47] [55] [56]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[27].
Sec
188
Am 2008 No 107, Sch
16 [27] [28].
Sec
189
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47] [57]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [80]; 2020 No 12, Sch
3.17[28].
Sec
190
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[29].
Sec
191
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[47]; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.33 [2]; 2015 No 38, Sch 2; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.20; 2020
No 12, Sch 3.17[30] [31].
Sec
192
Am 2017 No 25, Sch
1.22 [1] [2].
Sec
193
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[58].
Sec
196
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[59]; 2020 No 12, Sch 3.17[32].
Sec
197
Am 2007 No 94, Sch
1.66.
Sec
199
Rep 2008 No 62, Sch
4.
Sec
202
Ins 2020 No 1, Sch
2.13. Rep 2022 No 5, Sch 1.12[3].
Sec
203
Ins 2020 No 5, Sch
1.21. Am 2021 No 5, Sch 1.19; 2022 No 6, Sch 1.3[1]. Rep 2022 No 5, Sch
1.12[4].
Sch 1
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[82] (am 2015 No 15, Sch 1.18 [2]) [83]–[86] (am 2015 No 15, Sch 1.18
[3]) [87].
Sch 2
Rep 2008 No 107, Sch
16 [29].
Sch 3,
heading
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[88].
Sch 3
Am 2008 No 107, Sch
16 [30]–[35]; 2009 No 49, Sch 2.37; 2010 No 59, Sch 1.18 [2]; 2014 No
85, Sch 1 [89]–[94]; 2022 No 6, Sch 1.3[2]; 2023 No 37, Sch
5.
Sch 3A
Ins 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[95]. Am 2022 No 6, Sch 1.3[2].
Sch 4
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[96]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.60 [4] [5].
Sch 5
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[60]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.60 [6]–[9]; 2016 No 45, Sch 3 [1]
[2].
Sch 6
Am 2008 No 79, Sch 2
[61] [62]; 2008 No 107, Sch 16 [36] [37]; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.6 [3]; 2010 No 96,
Sch 1 [8] [9]; 2014 No 85, Sch 1 [97].
Sch 7
Rep 2008 No 62, Sch
4.
The whole Act (except
Sch 6)
Am 2014 No 85, Sch 1
[1] (“Director-General” and “Department of Health”
omitted wherever occurring, “Secretary” and “Ministry of
Health” inserted instead, respectively).
Bill (and Explanatory Note) -
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