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PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS ACT 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Objects of this Act
4. Terms used
5. Matters to which Act does not apply
6. Relationship between this Act and other written laws
7. Crown bound
PART 2 -- Professional Standards Council
Division 1 -- Establishment of the Council
8. Council established
Division 2 -- Membership and procedure of the Council
9. Membership of Council
10. Provisions relating to members of Council
11. Provisions relating to procedure of Council
Division 3 -- Functions of the Council
12. Functions of Council
12A. Cooperation with authorities in other jurisdictions
13. Requirement to supply information
13A. Referral of complaints
14. Committees of Council
Division 4 -- Administrative provisions
15. Use of outside staff and facilities
16. Funds
17. Application of Financial Management Act 2006 and Auditor General Act 2006
18. Minister to have access to information
19. Minister may give directions
PART 3 -- Limitation of liability
Division 1 -- Making, amending and revoking schemes
20. Preparation and approval
21. Notifying the public
22. Public comments and submissions
23. Matters to be considered by Council before approval
24. Public hearings
25. Council may submit approved schemes to Minister
26. Minister may gazette schemes
27. Commencement of schemes
28. Challenges to schemes
29. Review of schemes
29A. Amendment and revocation of schemes
30A. Notification of revocation of schemes
30B. Termination of operation of interstate schemes in this jurisdiction
Division 2 -- Contents of schemes
30. Persons to whom scheme applies
31. Officers or partners of persons to whom scheme applies
32. Employees of persons to whom scheme applies
33. Other persons to whom scheme applies
34A. Extension of liability limitation to other persons to whom scheme applies
34. Limitation of liability by insurance arrangements
35. Limitation of liability by reference to amounts of business assets
36. Limitation of liability by multiple of charges
37. Specification of limits of liability and multiples
38. Combination of provisions under s. 34, 35 and
39. Liability that cannot be limited by schemes
40A. Liability in damages not reduced to below relevant limit
40. Insurance to be of requisite standard
Division 3 -- Effect of schemes
41. Limit of occupational liability by schemes
42. Limitation of amount of damages
43. Effect of schemes on other parties to proceedings
44. Proceedings to which schemes apply
44A. Duration of schemes
45. Notification of limitation of liability
PART 4 -- Compulsory insurance
46. Occupational associations may compel their members to insure
47. Monitoring claims
PART 5 -- Risk management
48. Risk management strategies
49. Reporting
PART 6 -- Complaints and disciplinary matters
50. Occupational Associations (Complaints and Discipline) Code
PART 7 -- Miscellaneous
51. Characterisation of this Act
52. No contracting out of this Act
53. No limitation on other insurance
54. Offences to be dealt with by magistrate
55. Regulations
56. Rules of court
57. Review of Act
58. Savings, transitional and other provisions
SCHEDULE 1 -- Provisions relating to members of the Council
SCHEDULE 2 -- Provisions relating to procedure of the Council
SCHEDULE 3 -- Model Code
SCHEDULE 4 -- Savings, transitional and other provisions
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