Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1985 No. 167 of 1985 - SECT 56

56. (1) Notwithstanding sections 34, 35 and 36 of this Act, but subject to
sub-section (2), sections 19B to 19E (inclusive) of the Principal Act as in
force immediately before the commencement of this section continue to apply in
relation to a practitioner in respect of any relevant offence of which the
practitioner has been convicted before the commencement of Part VB of the
Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(2) Where a determination has been made under sub-section 124F (2) in relation
to a practitioner, being a determination that is a review of a period of
disqualification referred to in sub-section 124D (3), the period of
disqualification shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1) of this section,
be deemed to have come to an end at the time when the determination takes
effect under sub-section 124S (1).

(3) A determination or recognition in force immediately before the
commencement of this sub-section under section 61 of the Principal Act in
relation to a particular medical practitioner continues in force after that
commencement as if it were a determination under -

   (a)  where the medical practitioner is, at that commencement, domiciled in
        Australia - section 61 of that Act as amended by this Act; or

   (b)  in any other case - section 3E of that Act as so amended.
(4) In sub-sections (1) and (2), "practitioner" and "relevant offence" have
the same respective meanings as in section 19B of the Principal Act.