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First Session, 47th General Assembly

61 Elizabeth II, 2012

BILL 40

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH RESEARCH ETHICS AUTHORITY ACT, THE MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE ACT, 1999 AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT

Received and Read the First Time...................................................................................................

Second Reading.................................................................................................................................

Committee............................................................................................................................................

Third Reading.....................................................................................................................................

Royal Assent......................................................................................................................................

HONOURABLE SUSAN SULLIVAN

Minister of Health and Community Services

Ordered to be printed by the Honourable House of Assembly

  

 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTES

This Bill would amend the following Acts by adding a provision allowing appointed members to continue in office upon the expiry of their terms until they are reappointed or replaced:

·         Health Research Ethics Authority Act;

·         Medical Care Insurance Act, 1999; and

·         Mental Health Care and Treatment Act.


A BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE HEALTH RESEARCH ETHICS AUTHORITY ACT, THE MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE ACT, 1999 AND THE MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT

Analysis


              HEALTH RESEARCH ETHICS AUTHORITY ACT

        1.   S.3 Amdt.
Authority established

              MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE ACT, 1999

        2.   S.15 Amdt.
Notification of default

              MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND TREATMENT ACT

        3.   S.58 Amdt.
Term of appointment

 

 

 

 


Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor and House of Assembly in Legislative Session convened, as follows:

HEALTH RESEARCH ETHICS
AUTHORITY ACT

SNL2006 cH-1.2
as amended

        1. Section 3 of the Health Research Ethics Authority Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (5) the following:

          (5.1)  Where the term of a director expires, he or she continues to be a director until reappointed or replaced.

MEDICAL CARE INSURANCE ACT, 1999

SNL1999 cM-5.1
as amended

        2. Section 15 of the Medical Care Insurance Act, 1999 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (8) the following:

          (8.1)  Where the term of a member of the panel expires, he or she continues to be a member until reappointed or replaced.

MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND
TREATMENT ACT

SNL2006 cM-9.1
as amended

        3. Section 58 of the Mental Health Care and Treatment Act is amended by adding immediately after subsection (1) the following:

          (1.1)  Where the term of a member expires, he or she continues to be a member until reappointed or replaced.