Western Australian Current Acts

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (SPECIAL EVENTS EXEMPTION) ACT 2000 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This is a compilation of the Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year		Assent	Commencement
Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000	7 of 2000		14 Apr 2000	14 Apr 2000 (see s. 2)
Psychologists Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 5	28 of 2005		12 Dec 2005	4 May 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 4 May 2007 p. 1963)
Optometrists Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3	29 of 2005		12 Dec 2005	20 Apr 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Mar 2007 p. 1451)
Podiatrists Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3	30 of 2005		12 Dec 2005	30 May 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 May 2007 p. 2486)
Chiropractors Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3	31 of 2005		12 Dec 2005	1 Aug 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Jul 2007 p. 3789)
Physiotherapists Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3	32 of 2005		12 Dec 2005	23 Feb 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 20 Feb 2007 p. 505)
Osteopaths Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3	33 of 2005		12 Dec 2005	30 May 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 29 May 2007 p. 2486)
Occupational Therapists Act 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 4	42 of 2005		19 Dec 2005	1 Aug 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Jul 2007 p. 3789)
Optical Dispensers Repeal Act 2006 s. 4	11 of 2006		11 May 2006	11 May 2006 (see s. 2)
Medical Radiation Technologists Act 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 3	21 of 2006		9 Jun 2006	1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 26 Jun 2007 p. 3013)
Nurses and Midwives Act 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 10	50 of 2006		6 Oct 2006	19 Sep 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Sep 2007 p. 4711)
Reprint 1: The Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000 as at 12 Oct 2007 (includes amendments listed above)
Medical Practitioners Act 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 25	22 of 2008		27 May 2008	1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989)
Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010 s. 51	19 of 2010		28 Jun 2010	11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341)
Health and Disability Services Legislation Amendment Act 2010 s. 58	33 of 2010		30 Aug 2010	30 Nov 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 17 Sep 2010 p. 4757)
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 24	35 of 2010		30 Aug 2010	s. 77 and 78(1): 18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6); s. 78(2): 1 Jul 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 19 Jun 2012 p. 2631)
Reprint 2: The Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000 as at 7 Mar 2014 (includes amendments listed above)
Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 Pt. 11 Div. 2	13 of 2014	2 Jul 2014		30 Jan 2017 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 17 Jan 2017 p. 403)

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)
exemption period 3(1)
health care services 3(1)
Health Registration Act 3(1)
medicine 3(1)
prepare 3(1)
registered 3(1)
special event 3(1)
visiting health professional 3(1), 5
visitor 3(1), 4