Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC HEALTH (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1997 (NO. 70 OF 1997) - SECT 34

34. (1) A business licence in force under the Skin Penetration Act immediately before the commencement day continues in force on and after that day as if it had been granted as an activity licence under section 30 of the new Public Health Act in relation to the public health risk activity referred to in subsection 31 (1) of this Act.

(2) An activity licence referred to in subsection (1) is—

        (a)     subject to the same conditions as the corresponding business licence;

        (b)     to be taken to have been granted for the period expiring on the anniversary of the grant of the corresponding business licence; and

        (c)     otherwise subject to the new Public Health Act.

(3) An activity licence referred to in subsection (1) may be renewed under section 33 of the new Public Health Act for a period determined by the Minister.

(4) If a suspension was in force under the Skin Penetration Act in relation to a business licence immediately before the commencement day—

        (a)     this section applies in relation to the licence;

        (b)     in the case of a suspension under subsection 23 (2) of the Skin Penetration Act—section 23 of the Skin Penetration Act continues to apply in relation to the suspended licence as if references in that section to a licence were references to the corresponding activity licence; and

        (c)     in the case of a suspension under any other provision of the Skin Penetration Act—the suspension remains in force under the new Public Health Act as if it were a suspension of the corresponding activity licence for the same period.

(5) If, immediately before the commencement day, an application had been made in accordance with section 14 of the Skin Penetration Act for a business licence, but no decision had been made in relation to the application, the application is to be taken to have been made in accordance with section 29 of the new Public Health Act for an activity licence in relation to the public health risk activity referred to in subsection 31 (1) of this Act.