Victorian Numbered Acts

INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2015 (NO. 5 OF 2015) - SECT 8

After section 38E of the Principal Act insert —

        " 38EA     Definition of registered medical practitioner

    (1)     Unless the contrary intention appears, in an Act or a subordinate instrument to which this section applies—

"registered medical practitioner" means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law to practise in the medical profession (other than as a student).

    (2)     This section applies to—

        (a)     an Act that is passed, or a subordinate instrument that is made, on or after 1 July 2015; or

        (b)     an Act that is passed, or a subordinate instrument that is made, before 1 July 2015—

              (i)     into which a reference to registered medical practitioner is inserted on or after 1 July 2015; and

              (ii)     which does not contain a reference to registered medical practitioner immediately before 1 July 2015.".