Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 39 OF 2004) - SCHEDULE 6

Schedule 6     Nurses

(see s 3)

Part 6.1     Birth (Equality of Status) Act 1988

[6.1]     Section 3 , definition of registered nurse

substitute

"registered nurse"—

        (a)     see the Legislation Act, dictionary, part 1, definition of "nurse"; and

        (b)     includes a person registered under a corresponding law of a State.

Part 6.2     Children and Young People Act 1999

[6.2]     Section 159 (1) (c)

substitute

        (c)     a person registered under the Health Professionals Act 2004 as a nurse; or

Note     Registered includes enrolled (see Health Professionals Act 2004 , dict).

Part 6.3     Crimes Act 1900

[6.3]     Section 76 (2) (a)

omit

registered midwife under the Nurses Act 1988

insert

a person registered as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 in the specialist area of midwifery

Part 6.4     Drugs of Dependence Act 1989

[6.4]     Section 3 (1), definition of enrolled nurse

substitute

"enrolled nurse" means a person enrolled as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 .

[6.5]     Section 3 (1), definition of nurse

substitute

"nurse"—see Legislation Act, dictionary, part 1.

Part 6.5     Juries Act 1967

[6.6]     Schedule 2, part 2.2, item 5, column 2

omit

Nurses Act 1988

insert

Health Professionals Act 2004

Part 6.6     Legislation Act 2001

[6.7]     Dictionary, part 1, definition of nurse

substitute

nurse —

        (a)     means a person unconditionally registered as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 ; and

        (b)     for an activity, includes a person conditionally registered as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 to the extent that the person is allowed to do the activity under the person's conditional registration; but

        (c)     does not include an enrolled nurse.

Note     Under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cwlth), s 25 people registered as nurses in a State may be deemed to be registered in the ACT.

[6.8]     Dictionary, part 1, definition of nurse practitioner

substitute

"nurse practitioner" means a person registered as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 in the specialist area of nurse practitioner.

Note     Under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cwlth), s 25 people registered as nurses in a specialty in a State may be deemed to be registered in the specialty in the ACT.

Part 6.7     Mental Health (Treatment and Care) Act 1994

[6.9]     Section 4, definition of mental health nurse

substitute

"mental health nurse" means a person registered as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 in the specialist area of mental health nurse.

Note     Under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cwlth), s 25 people registered as nurses in a specialty in a State may be deemed to be registered in the specialty in the ACT.

Part 6.8     Periodic Detention Act 1995

[6.10]     Section 3 (1), definition of nurse

omit

Part 6.9     Physiotherapists Act 1977

[6.11]     Section 3 (1), definition of nurse

substitute

"nurse"—

        (a)     see the Legislation Act, dictionary, part 1, definition of "nurse"; and

        (b)     includes a person enrolled as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 .

Note     Under the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cwlth), section 25 people registered or enrolled as nurses in a State may be deemed to be registered or enrolled in the ACT.

Part 6.10     Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1978

[6.12]     Section 4 (1), definition of enrolled nurse

substitute

"enrolled nurse" means a person enrolled as a nurse under the Health Professionals Act 2004 .

[6.13]     Section 4 (1), definition of registered nurse

substitute

"registered nurse"—see Legislation Act, dictionary, part 1, definition of nurse .

Part 6.11     Repeal of legislation consequential on repeal of Nurses Act 1988

              •     Health Professions Boards (Elections) Election of Two Members of the Nurses Board of the Australian Capital Territory 2002 Declaration of Nominations NI2002-372

              •     Health Professions Boards (Elections) Election of Four Members of the Nurses Board of the Australian Capital Territory 2002 Declarations of Nominations and Successful Candidates NI2002-324

              •     Health Professions Boards (Elections)—Election of Two Members of the Nurses Board of the Australian Capital Territory 2003 Declaration of successful candidates NI2003-46

              •     Health Professions Boards (Procedures)—Nurses Board of the ACT Appointments 2002 (No 2) DI2002-219

              •     Health Professions Boards (Procedures)—Appointment of Solicitor 2003 (No 1) NI2003-56

              •     Health Professions Boards (Procedures) - Nurses Board of the ACT Appointment 2003 (No 1) NI2003-72

              •     Nurses Act 1998 Determination of Fees 1996 DI1996-5

              •     Nurses (Registered or Enrolled) Notice 2003 (No 1) NI2003-188