Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
medical practitioner means a person registered
under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in
the medical profession;
WA Branch of the AMA means the Western Australian
Branch of the Australian Medical Association Incorporated.
(2) The WA Branch of
the AMA may represent under this Act the industrial interests of medical
practitioners as if it were an organisation of employees and for that
purpose —
(a) the
references to organisation in paragraphs (e), (i), (j), (k) and (l) of
the definition of industrial matter in section 7(1) include the WA Branch
of the AMA; and
(b)
Divisions 2 and 3 of Part II, sections 80C(4) and 80F and Parts III
and VIA apply to the WA Branch of the AMA as if it were an organisation of
employees.
(3) The WA Branch of
the AMA does not have the right, to the exclusion of an organisation or
organisations, to represent under this Act the industrial interests of medical
practitioners, unless an order to that effect is made under section 72A.
(4) Within
30 days of the coming into operation of section 36 of the Industrial
Relations Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 1995 1 the WA Branch of
the AMA shall lodge with the Registrar a copy of its rules as then in force.
(5) The WA Branch of
the AMA shall lodge with the Registrar, within 30 days of the making of
the alteration, any alteration made to the rules lodged under
subsection (4) as altered from time to time.
(6) The WA Branch of
the AMA shall file with the Registrar once in each year, at such time as is
prescribed —
(a) a
list of the names, residential addresses, and occupations of the persons
holding offices in the Branch; and
(b) a
record of the number of members of the Branch,
certified by statutory
declaration by the Executive Director of the Branch to be a correct statement
of the information contained in the list and the record.
[Section 72B inserted by No. 79 of 1995
s. 36; amended by No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 30(2); No. 35 of
2010 s. 99.]