Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1985 No. 167 of 1985 - SECT 27

27. After section 3 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:
Determinations that in-patients need acute care

"3A. (1) The Secretary may, by instrument in writing, make determinations that
particular in-patients in particular hospitals are in need of acute care.

"(2) Determinations may specify periods after which the determinations cease
to be in force in respect of particular in-patients.

"(3) Except as provided in sub-section (2), determinations continue in force,
subject to sub-section (4), until revoked.

"(4) Sections 48 (other than paragraphs (1) (a) and (b)), 49 and 50 of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 apply to determinations made under sub-section
(1) as if in those sections references to regulations were references to
determinations, references to a regulation were references to a provision of a
determination and references to repeal were references to revocation.

"(5) Determinations shall not be taken to be statutory rules for the purposes
of the Statutory Rules Publication Act 1903.".