New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HEALTH PRACTITIONER REGULATION NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 127A

127A When matters under this subdivision may be decided by review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction

(1) This section applies if--

(a) a condition has been imposed on a registered health practitioner's or student's registration or endorsement, or an undertaking has been given by the practitioner or student; and

(b) a change or removal of the condition, or change or revocation of the undertaking, would usually be decided under this Subdivision; and

(c) the National Board that imposed the condition, or to which the undertaking was given, considers the change or removal, or change or revocation, should be decided by a review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction.

(2) The National Board may--

(a) decide that any change or removal, or change or revocation, may be decided by the review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction; and

(b) give any relevant documents or information held by the Board to the review body.

(3) If a review body of a co-regulatory jurisdiction agrees to decide a matter instead of the Board, the review body must decide the matter under the laws of that jurisdiction.

(4) In this section--

"review body" means an entity declared by an Act or regulation of a co-regulatory jurisdiction to be a review body for this section.