Health Administration Act 1982 No 135
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Original legislation
Health Administration Act 1982 No 135
Assented to 15.12.1982.
Date of commencement of secs 1, 2, 33 and 34 and Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
Date of commencement, secs 1, 2, 33 and 34 and Sch 3 excepted, 17.12.1982, sec 2 (2) and GG No 177 of 17.12.1982, p 5869.
Amending legislation
Health Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2023 No 37
Assented to 30.10.2023.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 No 30
Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 1.22, 11.12.2020, sec 2(3).
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No 3) 2018 No 73
Assented to 22.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 2[1], 1.7.2021, sec 2(3) and 2021 (306) LW 25.6.2021.
Date of commencement of Sch 2 [2]–[5], assent, sec 2 (1).
Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018 No 70
Assented to 22.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.46, 1.7.2021, sec 2(1) and 2021 (305) LW 25.6.2021.
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No 2
Assented to 20.02.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 14.12.2020, sec 2(2) and 2020 (661) LW 13.11.2020.
Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2017 No 50
Assented to 24.10.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.14, 8.1.2018, sec 2 and 2017 (666) LW 1.12.2017.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017 No 22
Assented to 01.06.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 7 days after assent, sec 2 (1).
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2016 No 45
Assented to 28.09.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2014 No 88
Assented to 28.11.2014.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.12, 8.1.2015, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2013 No 111
Assented to 03.12.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 3.1.2014, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 No 47
Assented to 25.06.2013.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, 5.7.2013, sec 2 (1).
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2013 No 24
Assented to 14.05.2013.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Health Services Amendment (Local Health Districts and Boards) Act 2011 No 4
Assented to 16.05.2011.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (313) LW 1.7.2011.
Health Services Amendment (Local Health Networks) Act 2010 No 97
Assented to 16.11.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (716) LW 17.12.2010.
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2010 No 52
Assented to 28.06.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.2.2011, sec 2 (1) and 2010 (715) LW 17.12.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.3, assent, sec 2 (2).
Health Practitioner Regulation Amendment Act 2010 No 34
Assented to 15.06.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
Occupational Licensing Legislation Amendment (Regulatory Reform) Act 2009 No 61
Assented to 16.09.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.1, 1.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
Coroners Act 2009 No 41
Assented to 19.06.2009.
Date of commencement of Schs 3 and 4, 1.1.2010, sec 2 (1) and 2009 (544) LW 27.11.2009.
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No 15
Assented to 13.05.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.2, assent, sec 2 (1).
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94
Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2007 No 89
Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006 No 2
Assented to 13.03.2006.
Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.2.2006, p 1378.
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2005 No 82
Assented to 17.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 157 of 16.12.2005, p 10878.
Health Legislation Amendment (Complaints) Act 2004 No 98
Assented to 15.12.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.2 [1], 1.3.2005, sec 2 and GG No 28 of 25.2.2005, p 477.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.2 [2], 1.8.2005, sec 2 and GG No 94 of 29.7.2005, p 3910.
Podiatrists Act 2003 No 69
Assented to 20.11.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.1, 9.12.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 154 of 9.12.2005, p 10028.
Nurses Amendment Act 2003 No 45
Assented to 30.09.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 1.8.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 126 of 30.7.2004, p 6114.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40
Assented to 22.07.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.16, assent, sec 2 (2).
Optometrists Act 2002 No 30
Assented to 21.06.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.1, 16.6.2004, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 16.6.2004, p 3723.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001 No 112
Assented to 14.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, assent, sec 2 (2).
Physiotherapists Act 2001 No 67
Assented to 11.10.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 6.2, 1.12.2002, sec 2 and GG No 237 of 29.11.2002, p 10062.
Osteopaths Act 2001 No 16
Assented to 30.04.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.8.2002, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 31.7.2002, p 5697.
Chiropractors Act 2001 No 15
Assented to 30.04.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.8.2002, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 31.7.2002, p 5696.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000 No 53
Assented to 29.06.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999 No 85
Assented to 03.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.27, assent, sec 2 (2).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31
Assented to 07.07.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1998 No 120
Assented to 26.11.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, sec 2 (2).
Health Services Act 1997 No 154
Assented to 19.12.1997.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 26.6.1998, p 4423.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121
Assented to 03.12.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.26, 4 months after assent, sec 2 (4).
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No 30
Assented to 21.06.1996.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995 No 11
Assented to 09.06.1995.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 No 32
Assented to 02.06.1994.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, Sch 1.
Health Administration (Medicare) Amendment Act 1994 No 2
Assented to 02.05.1994.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Health Care Complaints Act 1993 No 105
Assented to 02.12.1993.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 3 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, 1.7.1994, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 1.7.1994, p 3239.
Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1993 No 47
Assented to 15.06.1993.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
The amendments were without effect as they had previously been made by Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112, Sch 1..
Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112
Assented to 08.12.1992.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 No 34
Assented to 18.05.1992.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, Sch 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94
Assented to 17.12.1991.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, Sch 1.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991 No 17
Assented to 03.05.1991.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108
Assented to 13.12.1990.
Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Health Administration Act 1982, assent, sec 2.
Ambulance Services Act 1990 No 16
Assented to 14.06.1990.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5379.
Health Professional Boards Legislation (Amendment) Act 1990 No 12
Assented to 07.06.1990.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5387.
Miscellaneous Acts (Mental Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990 No 11
Assented to 01.06.1990.
Date of commencement, 3.9.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5400.
Health Administration (Quality Assurance Committees) Amendment Act 1989 No 207
Assented to 21.12.1989.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1990, sec 2 and GG No 82 of 29.6.1990, p 5386.
Health Administration (Area Health Services) Amendment Act 1986 No 52
Assented to 14.05.1986.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.7.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 99 of 27.6.1986, p 2946.
Health Administration (Medical Services Committee) Amendment Act 1984 No 109
Assented to 20.09.1984.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 26.10.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 150 of 26.10.1984, p 5209.
History notes
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No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.
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Sec 3 |
Rep 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (1). |
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Sec 4 |
Am 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (1); 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [1]; 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [1]; 2010 No 52, Sch 3.3; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.10 [1]; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.12 [1]; 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [2] [3]. |
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Sec 5 |
Am 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 5A |
Ins 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [2]. |
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Part 2, Div 2 |
Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [3]. |
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Sec 6 |
Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [3]. |
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Sec 7 |
Am 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (2); 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [2]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [3]. |
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Sec 8 |
Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.22 [1]. |
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Sec 8A |
Ins 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [4]. |
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Sec 9 |
Am 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [5]. |
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Sec 10 |
Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2; 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 11 |
Am 2013 No 24, Sch 1 [1]. |
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Secs 12, 13 |
Am 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 13A |
Ins 1990 No 12, Sch 2 (1). Am 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [6] [7]; 2007 No 89, Sch 2.4; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.21 [1]–[3]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.22 [2]; 2017 No 50, Sch 5.14 [1]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.30. |
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Sec 14 |
Am 1990 No 12, Sch 2 (2); 1993 No 105, Sch 3; 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [1]. Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [8]. |
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Sec 15 |
Rep 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (3). |
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Sec 17 |
Am 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 19 |
Am 2021 No 70, Sch 4.46. |
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Sec 20 |
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 2.8 [1]–[4]. |
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Part 2, Div 6A |
Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2). |
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Sec 20A |
Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2). |
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Sec 20B |
Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2). Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1999 No 85, Sch 2.27; 2001 No 112, Sch 1.14. |
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Sec 20C |
Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (2). Am 1996 No 121, Sch 4.26 [1]; 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.22 [3]. |
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Part 2, Div 6B |
Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3. |
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Sec 20D |
Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3. Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [3]. |
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Secs 20E–20J |
Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3. |
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Sec 20K |
Ins 1989 No 207, sec 3. Am 1990 No 108, Sch 2. |
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Part 2, Div 6C |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20L |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2005 No 82, Sch 1; 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [9]; 2010 No 97, Sch 2.10 [2]; 2011 No 4, Sch 2.12 [2]; 2014 No 88, Sch 1.12. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20M |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [1] [2]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20N |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [3]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20O |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2006 No 2, Sch 3 [10] [11]; 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [2] [4]–[8]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20P |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [9]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20Q |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [10] [11]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20R |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Subst 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [12]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20S |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20T |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Am 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [5] [13]. Rep 2018 No 2, Sch 1[1]. |
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Sec 20U |
Ins 2004 No 98, Sch 4.2 [2]. Rep 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [14]. |
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Part 2A |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Part 2A, Div 1 |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21A |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21B |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Part 2A, Div 2 |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21C |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21D |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21E |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21F |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Part 2A, Div 3 |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21G |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. Am 2023 No 37, Sch 1[1] [2]. |
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Sec 21H |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21I |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21J |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21K |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Part 2A, Div 4 |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21L |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21M |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21N |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21O |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21P |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21Q |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Part 2A, Div 5 |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21R |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. |
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Sec 21S |
Ins 2018 No 2, Sch 1[2]. Am 2018 No 73, Sch 2[1]. |
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Sec 21 |
Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [4]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.16; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.22[1]. |
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Sec 22 |
Am 1990 No 11, Sch 2; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 23 |
Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 120, Sch 1.20 [1] [2]; 2009 No 41, Schs 3.6 and 4; 2020 No 30, Sch 1.22[2]. |
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Sec 23A |
Ins 2018 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. |
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Sec 24 |
Am 1999 No 31, Sch 4.38; 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
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Secs 25, 26, 28 |
Am 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sec 29 |
Rep 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [4]. |
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Secs 30, 31 |
Rep 2018 No 73, Sch 2 [3]. |
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Part 4 (sec 35) |
Ins 1994 No 2, sec 3. Rep 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [5]. |
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Sch 1 |
Rep 2018 No 73, Sch 2 [4]. |
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Sch 2 |
Am 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [6]; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.2 [1]–[4]; 2010 No 52, Sch 2.1 [15] [16]; 2018 No 73, Sch 2 [5]; 2018 No 2, Sch 1[3] [4]. |
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Sch 2A, heading |
Subst 1990 No 108, Sch 2; 2010 No 34, Sch 2.21 [4] |
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Sch 2A |
Ins 1990 No 12, Sch 2 (3). Am 2001 No 15, Sch 6.1; 2001 No 16, Sch 6.1; 2001 No 67, Sch 6.2; 2002 No 30, Sch 6.1; 2003 No 45, Sch 2.3; 2003 No 69, Sch 6.1; 2009 No 61, Sch 4.1. Subst 2010 No 34, Sch 2.21 [4]. Am 2013 No 47, Sch 1.13; 2013 No 111, Sch 1.5. Rep 2017 No 50, Sch 5.14 [2]. |
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Sch 3 |
Am 1986 No 52, Sch 1 (4); 1990 No 16, Sch 2; 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 1996 No 121, Sch 4.26 [2]; 1997 No 154, Sch 6.16 [7]; 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [3]. |
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Sch 4 |
Ins 1984 No 109, Sch 1 (3). Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2009 No 15, Sch 1.2 [5] [6]; 2013 No 24, Sch 1 [2]; 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [5]; 2017 No 22, Sch 4.22 [3]. |
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The whole Act (except sec 4) |
Am 1996 No 30, Sch 2 (“Secretary” omitted wherever occurring, “Director-General” inserted instead). |
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The whole Act (except Sch 2) |
Am 2016 No 45, Sch 1 [1] (“Director-General” and “Director-General’s” omitted wherever occurring, “Health Secretary” and “Health Secretary’s” inserted instead). |
Health Administration Bill 1982
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