Australian Capital Territory Numbered Ordinances

Health Authority (Amendment) Ordinance 1987

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Health Authority (Amendment) Ordinance 1987

No. 23 of 1987

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Ordinance under the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910.

Dated 5 June 1987.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

G. SCHOLES

Minister of State for Territories

An Ordinance to amend the Health Authority Ordinance 1985

Short title

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Health Authority (Amendment) Ordinance 1987.¹

Principal Ordinance

2. In this Ordinance, “Principal Ordinance” means the Health Authority Ordinance 1985.²

Appointment of visiting medical officers and visiting dental officers

3. Section 44 of the Principal Ordinance is amended by inserting in subsection (3) “, within 28 days of making the decision,” after “shall”.

Suspension or cancellation of appointment and variation of clinical privileges

4. Section 47 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “, by notice in writing given to the person”; and

(b) by omitting from subsection (2) all the words from and including “the Authority shall” and substituting the following:

“the Authority shall:

(c) within 28 days of making the decision, notify the person in writing of the suspension, cancellation or variation, as the case may be; and

(d) cause a notice containing particulars of the decision to be published in the Gazette”.

Review of decisions

5. Section 48 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

(a) by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a) refusing under subsection 44 (1) to appoint a person to be a visiting medical officer or visiting dental officer, as the case may be;

(aa) specifying under subsection 44 (2):

(i) a person’s clinical privileges; or

(ii) the hospital or other institution to which clinical privileges relate; or”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “section 47” and substituting “subsection 47 (1)”.

Notification of decisions

6. Section 49 of the Principal Ordinance is amended:

(a) by omitting from subsection (3) “adversely”; and

(b) by omitting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:

“(4) The validity of a decision to which a notice under subsection (1) or (2) relates shall not be taken to be affected by a failure to comply with subsection (3).”.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 15 June 1987.

2. No. 69, 1985 as amended by No. 80, 1986.