Victorian Numbered Acts

JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CONFISCATION AND OTHER MATTERS) ACT 2014 (NO. 79 OF 2014) - SECT 59

See:
Act No.
7405.
Reprint No. 11
as at
27 April 2012
and amending
Act Nos
27/2011, 5/2012, 26/2012, 27/2012, 32/2013, 70/2013, 77/2013, 15/2014, 26/2014 and 37/2014.
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After section 51 of the Summary Offences Act 1966 insert —

        " 51A     Assaulting registered health practitioners

    (1)     If a registered health practitioner—

        (a)     is employed, self-employed or engaged to provide, or support the provision of, care or treatment in a hospital to a person; and

        (b)     is in the hospital or on the hospital premises—

a person must not assault the practitioner, knowing or being reckless as to whether the practitioner is a health practitioner.

Penalty:     60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

    (2)     If a registered health practitioner—

        (a)     is employed, self-employed or engaged to provide, or support the provision of, care or treatment, other than in a hospital, to a person; and

        (b)     is providing, or supporting the provision of, care or treatment to a person in the course of that employment, self-employment or engagement—

a person must not assault the practitioner, knowing or being reckless as to whether the practitioner is a health practitioner acting in accordance with paragraph (b).

Penalty:     60 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.

    (3)     In this section—

health practitioner and registered health practitioner have the same meanings as in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law;

"hospital" means a public hospital, private hospital, denominational hospital or day procedure centre within the meaning of the Health Services Act 1988 ;

"hospital premises" includes parking areas, driveways, courtyards and forecourts on the premises occupied by a hospital.".