SCHEDULE 4 - Consequential Amendments

Section 78

Physiotherapists' Registration Act 1951

1.    Section 24(2) is amended by omitting paragraph (d) and substituting the following paragraph:

(d) being a person registered as a chiropractor or osteopath under the Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Act 1997 , applies physiotherapeutic treatment in the course of practising chiropractic or osteopathy.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

1.    Section 74 is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting the definition of chiropractor and substituting the following definition:

chiropractor means a person who is registered as a chiropractor under the Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Act 1997 ;

(b) by inserting "osteopath," after "optometrist," in paragraph (a) of the definition of medical services ;

(c) by inserting "osteopath," after "optometrist," in paragraph (e) of the definition of medical services ;

(d) by inserting the following definition after the definition of optometrist :

osteopath means a person who is registered as an osteopath under the Chiropractors and Osteopaths Registration Act 1997 ;