New South Wales Consolidated Acts

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

127AA Council to be review body for purposes of section 127A [NSW]

(1) The Council for the health profession in which the relevant practitioner or student is registered is declared to be the review body for the purposes of section 127A.

(2) A Council, in deciding a matter referred to it under section 127A, must do so in accordance with this section.

(3) A Council may inquire into and decide the matter on its own motion or on the application of the relevant practitioner or student.

(4) An application may not be made--

(a) while the terms of the condition or undertaking provide that an application for review may not be made; or

(b) while an appeal to the Tribunal or the Supreme Court in respect of the same matter is pending.

(5) A Council, following its inquiry into a matter, may do any of the following--

(a) in the case of an inquiry initiated by an application, dismiss the application;

(b) in the case of an inquiry initiated by the Council, decide to do nothing;

(c) in the case of an inquiry in relation to an undertaking, decide to revoke the undertaking or revoke the undertaking and impose a condition on similar or different terms as the undertaking;

(d) in the case of an inquiry in relation to a condition, decide to remove the condition, change the condition or remove the condition and impose a new condition.

Note--: This section is an additional New South Wales provision.