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Health Practitioner Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Health Practitioner Registration and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Explanatory Notes
FOR
Amendments To Be Moved During
Consideration In Detail By The Honourable
Lawrence Springborg MP
Title of Bill
Health Practitioner Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012
Objectives of the Amendments
The amendments to be moved during consideration in detail will correct minor typographical
and cross referencing errors.
The Health Practitioner Registration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 (the Bill)
substantially amends the Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999 (the
Professional Standards Act). These amendments rescind components of the Professional
Standards Act that apply only to the registration of dental technicians and speech
pathologists, and leave in place the provisions that apply to nationally registered professions.
As a result of these amendments, the Schedule (Dictionary) to the Professional Standards Act
also required significant amendment to omit obsolete terms and definitions and to signpost
terms that are defined within the remaining parts of the Act.
During its consideration of the Bill, the Health and Community Services Committee
identified a minor typographical error and a cross-referencing error in clause 55 of the Bill,
relating to the definitions for repealed act and commencement in the amended Schedule
(Dictionary) to the Professional Standards Act.
The proposed amendments do not change the policy intent of the Professional Standards Act
or the amendments made to that Act in the Bill.
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Achievement of the Objectives
The proposed amendments will be achieved by amending clause 55 of the Bill to remove or
correct cross references to sections in the Professional Standards Act.
Alternative Ways of Achieving Policy Objectives
There are no alternative ways of achieving the policy objectives. Advice from the Office of
the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel indicates that, although the errors are minor, the
amendments fall outside the scope of the Reprints Act 1992.
Estimated Cost for Government Implementation
The amendment will not incur any additional costs.
Consistency with Fundamental Legislative Principles
The amendments are consistent with fundamental legislative principles.
Consultation
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet has been consulted. Due to the minor nature of
the proposed amendments, and their consistency with the issues raised by the Health and
Community Services Committee, no further consultation was undertaken.
NOTES ON PROVISIONS
Amendment 1 Clause 55 (Amendment of schedule (Dictionary))
Amendment 1 amends the definition of repealed act in clause 55(2) of the Bill to omit
paragraph (b), which refers the reader to section 406 of the Professional Standards Act.
Section 406 of the Professional Standards Act does not refer to the term repealed act, so this
`signpost' in the Dictionary is incorrect.
Amendment 2 Clause 55 (Amendment of schedule (Dictionary))
Amendment 2 amends the definition of commencement in clause 55(4) of the Bill to omit the
reference to section 406A and replace it with section 406. This corrects a typographical
error, as there is no section 406A in the Professional Standards Act; the term commencement
is instead used in section 406.
ŠThe State of Queensland 2013
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