2002

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)

(Minister for Health)

2002

THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)

(Minister for Health)

An Act to repeal the Health and Community Care Services Act 1996, and for other purposes.

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

This Act is the Health and Community Care Services (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Act 2002.

This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

Note The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

A note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.

Note See Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.

The Health and Community Care Services Act 1996 No 34 is repealed.

Schedule 1 amends the Acts and regulations mentioned in it.

director means the Director, Alcohol and Drug Service.

or a Territory authority

The chief executive must appoint a public servant as Director, Alcohol and Drug Service.

Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see Legislation Act, pt 19.3.

Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see s 207).

or a Territory authority

or a Territory authority

or a Territory authority

subject to subsection (4),

or a Territory authority

certain

, or arranging for the provision of,

or arranged to be provided by the Territory or a Territory authority

the Territory

(c) to investigate, assess, review and evaluate the clinical privileges provided to health service providers and to report, and make recommendations, to the chief executive in relation to whether those clinical privileges should be preserved, varied or withdrawn.

or a Territory authority, as the case requires,

(1) In any Act, instrument made under an Act, contract or other document, a reference to the Health and Community Care Service is, for the application of that Act, instrument, contract or other document after the commencement of this section, a reference to the Territory.

(2) In this section:

Health and Community Care Service means the Australian Capital Territory Health and Community Care Service established by the Health and Community Care Services Act 1996 (repealed).

(1) The Minister may, in writing, determine fees for this Act.

Note The Legislation Act contains provisions about the making of determinations and regulations relating to fees (see pt 6.3)

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may determine fees in relation to the provision of health and community care services.

(3) A determination is a disallowable instrument.

Note A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.

(4) A determination may adopt a Commonwealth law or a health benefits agreement (or a provision of a Commonwealth law or health benefits agreement) as in force from time to time.

Note 1 The text of an applied, adopted or incorporated law or instrument, whether applied as in force from time to time or at a particular time, is taken to be a notifiable instrument if the operation of the Legislation Act, s 47 (5) or (6) is not disapplied (see s 47 (7)).

Note 2 A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

(5) In this section:

Commonwealth law means a Commonwealth Act, or any regulations, rules, ordinance or disallowable instrument under a Commonwealth Act.

disallowable instrument, for a Commonwealth Act, means a disallowable instrument under the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cwlth), section 46A.

health benefits agreement means an agreement between the Territory and an entity that provides health benefits to contributors of a health benefits fund conducted by the entity.

(1) A fee is payable to the Territory on or before the payment date.

(2) If an amount for a fee remains unpaid after the payment date, in addition to that amount, interest calculated on the aggregate amount at the rate determined in writing by the Minister is payable to the Territory in relation to every month or part of a month that the aggregate amount remains unpaid.

(3) A determination is a disallowable instrument.

Note A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.

(4) In this section:

aggregate amount, for a month, means the total of—

(a) the amount of the fee; and

(b) the amount of interest;

remaining unpaid at the end of the previous month.

payment date, for a fee, means the 28th day after the day when the account for the fee was issued.

The Executive may make regulations for this Act.

Note  Regulations must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act.

In this part:

repealed Act means the Health and Community Care Services Act 1996 (repealed).

service means the Australian Capital Territory Health and Community Care Service established under the repealed Act.

On the commencement of this part, all assets, rights and liabilities of the service vest in the Territory.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an asset, including an interest in land, vests in the Territory under section 40; and

(b) information about ownership of the asset may be entered in a statutory property register.

(2) On application by the chief executive, a person responsible for the statutory property register must make the entries in the register and do anything else that is necessary or desirable to reflect the operation of section 40.

(3) The evidentiary value of a statutory property register is not affected by—

(a) the making of an entry under this section; or

(b) the failure to make an entry under this section; or

(c) the failure by the chief executive to make an application under this section.

(4) In this section:

statutory property register means a register kept under a Territory law, or a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory, for recording ownership of property (including interests in property) if—

(a) title to the property is passed by registration in the register of ownership of the property; or

(b) the owner of an interest in the property may lose the interest if the interest is not registered in the register.

1 the register of land titles kept under the Land Titles Act 1925, section 43

2 the register of interests in goods mentioned in the Sale of Motor Vehicles Act 1977, part 4A

Note An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).

(2) For a proceeding begun before the commencement of this part and to which the service is a party, the Territory is substituted as a party.

(3) If, before the commencement of this part—

(a) a cause of action had accrued against the service; and

(b) proceedings had not begun in relation to the cause of action; and

(c) the limitation period for the cause of action had not ended;

proceedings may be brought against the Territory.

(4) The Limitation Act 1985, part 3 applies to the beginning of a proceeding by or against the Territory as if the cause of action had been accrued by, or had accrued against, the Territory.

(5) The court or other entity in which, or before which, a proceeding has been begun or continued under this section may give directions about the proceeding.

(6) Any evidence that, apart from the repeal of the Health and Community Care Services Act 1996, would have been admissible for or against the service is admissible for or against the Territory.

(7) In this section:

proceeding includes a proceeding by way of appeal or review (including review under the Ombudsman Act 1989) or any other civil proceeding in relation to an asset, right or liability vested in the Territory under section 40.

(1) The determination in effect under the repealed Act, section 32 (Fees and charges for health and community care services) immediately before the commencement of this part has effect as if it were a determination made under this Act, section 36 (Determination of fees) until the earlier of—

(a) the commencement of a determination made under this Act, section 36; and

(b) the end of 3 months after the commencement of this part.

(2) The determination in effect under the repealed Act, section 33 (Payment of fees, charges and interest) immediately before the commencement of this part has effect as if it were a determination made under this Act, section 37 (Payment of fees and interest) until the earlier of—

(a) the commencement of a determination made under this Act, section 37; and

(b) the end of 3 months after the commencement of this part.

(1) The regulations may prescribe savings or transitional matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed because of the enactment of the Health and Community Care Services (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Act 2002.

(2) Regulations made for this section must not be taken to be inconsistent with this Act so far as they can operate concurrently with this Act.

(3) This section is additional to, and does not limit, section 45.

The regulations may modify this part to make provision in relation to any matter that, in the Executive’s opinion, is not adequately dealt with in this part.

(1) This part expires 1 year after the day it commences.

(2) To prevent doubt, this part is declared to be a law to which the Legislation Act 2001, section 88 (Repeal does not end transitional or validating effect etc) applies.

or a Territory authority

psychiatric institution means a hospital or other institution for the treatment, care, rehabilitation or accommodation of people who have a mental illness, that is—

(a) an institution conducted by the Territory; or

(b) a private mental institution.

, or arranging for the provision of,

or a Territory authority

(c) in relation to any other mental health institution conducted by the Territory—means the chief executive who has control of the administrative unit to which responsibility for the conduct of the facility is allocated.

or a Territory authority

, or arranging for the provision,

, or arranging for the provision of,

(1) The Minister must appoint a public servant as Chief Psychiatrist.

Note 1 For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see Legislation Act, pt 19.3.

Note 2 In particular, a person may be appointed for a particular provision of a law (see Legislation Act, s 7 (3)) and an appointment may be made by naming a person or nominating the occupant of a position (see s 207).

(2) A person is not eligible for appointment as the chief psychiatrist unless the person is a psychiatrist.

The chief psychiatrist may, with the Minister’s approval, delegate the chief psychiatrist’s functions under this Act to a psychiatrist who is a public employee or is engaged by the Territory.

Note For the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions, see Legislation Act, pt 19.4.

or a Territory authority

the Australian Capital Territory Health and Community Care Service

the chief executive for the Health Act 1993

For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.