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TASMANIA
NORTH-WEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL (RADIATION ONCOLOGY
SERVICES) BILL 2010
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
4. Radiation Oncology Services
5. Binding the Crown
6. Regulations
7. Administration of Act
NORTH-WEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL (RADIATION ONCOLOGY
SERVICES) BILL 2010
(Brought in by Jeremy Page Rockliff)
A BILL FOR
An Act to provide for radiation oncology services at the North-West
Regional Hospital in Burnie by 1 January 2013
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the
advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in
Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the North-West Regional Hospital
(Radiation Oncology Services) Act 2010.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the
Royal Assent.
3. Definitions
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -
"North-West Regional Hospital" means the Burnie campus
of that hospital.
"Radiation Oncology Services" means treatment of cancer
by radiation therapy.
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4. Radiation Oncology Services
(a) Subject to subsection (b) and notwithstanding anything
in any other Act, there shall be radiation oncology
services delivered from the North-West Regional
Hospital at Burnie from 1 January 2013;
(b) If the North-West Regional Hospital's Cancer Centre is
not, for reasons of unavoidable delay, established and
operating by 1 January 2013, the Minister must ensure
radiation oncology services are commenced as soon as
the Centre is operational.
5. Binding the Crown
(a) This Act binds the Crown in right of Tasmania and, in
so far as the legislative power of Parliament permits, the
Crown in all its other capacities.
(b) Nothing in this Act renders the Crown liable to be
prosecuted for an offence.
6. Regulations
(a) The Governor may make regulations for the purposes of
this Act.
(b) The regulations may be made so as to apply differently
according to matters, limitations or restrictions, whether
as to time, circumstance or otherwise, specified in the
regulations.
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7. Administration of Act
Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of
the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 -
(a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for
Health; and
(b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the
administration of this Act is the Department of Health and
Human Services.
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