(1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
exemption period , in relation to a special event,
means the period or periods specified in an order under section 6 that applies
to the event;
health care services means —
(a)
services ordinarily provided by chiropractors, dental hygienists, dental
therapists, dental prosthetists, dentists, medical practitioners, nurses,
occupational therapists, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists,
physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists; and
(b) any
other prescribed health care service;
Health Registration Act means the National Health
Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) ;
medicine has the meaning given in the
Medicines and Poisons Act 2014 section 3;
prepare includes train, practise, rehearse and
acclimatize;
registered means registered, licensed or enrolled
under a Health Registration Act, or deemed to be so registered, licensed or
enrolled;
special event means an event, or class of event,
that is declared to be a special event by order under section 6;
visiting health professional has the meaning given
by section 5;
visitor has the meaning given by section 4.
(2) An order made
under this Act is subsidiary legislation within the meaning of the
Interpretation Act 1984 .
[Section 3 amended: No. 28 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 5;
No. 29 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 30 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 31 of 2005 Sch.
3 cl. 3; No. 32 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 33 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 42 of
2005 Sch. 3 cl. 4; No. 11 of 2006 s. 4; No. 21 of 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 50 of
2006 Sch. 3 cl. 10; No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 25; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51; No. 35
of 2010 s. 78; No. 13 of 2014 s. 161.]