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Public Health and Wellbeing
Amendment Act 2019
No. of 2019
[Assented to ]
The Parliament of Victoria enacts:
1 Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to amend the Public
Health and Wellbeing Act 2008--
(a) to remove requirements in relation to the
provision of information before and after
HIV testing; and
(b) to make minor miscellaneous amendments.
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2 Commencement
(1) This Act (except sections 4, 5 and 6) comes into
operation on the day after the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), sections 4, 5 and 6 come
into operation on a day to be proclaimed.
(3) If a provision referred to in subsection (2) does
not come into operation before 15 December
2019, it comes into operation on that day.
3 Principal Act
In this Act, the Public Health and Wellbeing
Act 2008 is called the Principal Act.
4 Definition of prescribed disease
(1) In section 3(1) of the Principal Act, the definition
of prescribed disease is repealed.
(2) In section 238(1)(o) of the Principal Act omit
"for the purposes of Division 8 of Part 8".
5 Amendment of heading
For the heading to Division 4 of Part 8 of the
Principal Act substitute--
"Division 4--Closure of court
or tribunal".
6 Repeals
(1) Section 131 of the Principal Act is repealed.
(2) Section 132 of the Principal Act is repealed.
(3) Section 238(1)(l) of the Principal Act is repealed.
7 Statute law revision amendments
(1) In section 3(1) of the Principal Act, in the
definition of Department, for "Department
of Health" substitute "Department of Health
and Human Services".
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(2) In section 16(1) of the Principal Act,
for "Department of Health" substitute
"Department of Health and Human Services".
(3) In the heading to section 65 of the Principal Act,
for "districts" substitute "district".
(4) In section 148(1) of the Principal Act, for "statue"
substitute "status".
8 Repeal of this Act
This Act is repealed on 15 December 2020.
Note
The repeal of this Act does not affect the continuing operation
of the amendments made by it (see section 15(1) of the
Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984).
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Endnotes
Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current
authorised versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
Minister's second reading speech--
Legislative Assembly:
Legislative Council:
The long title for the Bill for this Act was "A Bill for an Act to amend the
Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 in relation to HIV testing and to
make minor miscellaneous amendments and for other purposes."
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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