Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Acts Amendment Act 1981 No. 118 of 1981 - SECT 9

9. Section 16A of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:

''(2A) The reference in paragraph (1) (a) to a request made in writing or to a
confirmation in writing of a request shall be read as including a reference to
a request or a confirmation, as the case may be, in such other form as the
Minister approves, in writing, from time to time.''; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-sections:

''(4A) For the purposes of this section, where-

   (a)  a written request or a written confirmation of a request has been
        recorded on film or on any other medium approved, in writing, by the
        Minister from time to time; or

   (b)  in accordance with an approval, in writing, of the Minister, a request
        or confirmation (other than a written request or a written
        confirmation) has been recorded on a tape, disc, film or other medium,

for the purposes of storage and subsequent retrieval when required-

   (c)  the retention of the record so made shall be deemed to be a retention
        of the request or the confirmation, as the case may be; and

   (d)  the production, or the reproduction, of the record so made shall be
        deemed to be a production of the request or the confirmation, as the
        case may be.

''(4B) Where the Minister gives an approval for the purposes of paragraph (4A)
(b), he may set out in the instrument of approval any condition to which the
approval is subject, and any recording that is not in accordance with such a
condition shall be deemed to be not in accordance with the approval.''.