Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CHIROPRACTORS AND OSTEOPATHS ACT 1983 (REPEALED) - SECT 3

    (1)     In this Act:

Note     A definition applies except so far as the contrary intention appears (see Legislation Act 2001 , s 155).

"board" means the Chiropractors and Osteopaths Board constituted under this Act.

"chairperson" means the chairperson of the board.

"deputy chairperson" means the deputy chairperson of the board.

"member" means a member of the board, and includes the chairperson.

"Mutual Recognition Act" means the Mutual Recognition Act 1992 (Cwlth).

physiotherapist means a person registered as a physiotherapist under the Health Professionals Act 2004 .

"qualification" includes a degree, certificate or diploma.

"register" means—

        (a)     the register of chiropractors; or

        (b)     the register of osteopaths;

as the case requires.

"registered" means registered under this Act.

"registration authority" means a person or body empowered by or under a law of a State, Territory or place outside Australia to register chiropractors or osteopaths or otherwise to authorise the practice of chiropractic or osteopathy.

    (2)     For this Act—

        (a)     an individual shall be deemed to practise chiropractic or osteopathy if—

              (i)     he or she practises chiropractic or osteopathy personally on his or her own account or as a member of a firm; or

              (ii)     in the course of a business carried on by him or her, a person or persons employed by him or her is or are engaged in the practice of chiropractic or osteopathy; or

              (iii)     he or she is engaged in the practice of chiropractic or osteopathy as a person employed in a business carried on by another person (including a company) or by a firm; and

        (b)     a company or a firm shall be deemed to practise chiropractic or osteopathy if, in the course of a business carried on by the company or firm, a person or persons employed by the company or firm or, for a firm, a member or members of the firm, is or are engaged in the practice of chiropractic or osteopathy.

    (3)     Nothing in this Act applies to or in relation to the carrying on by a person, in accordance with the laws of the ACT, of the business or profession of medical practitioner or physiotherapist.