Page 992 - Week 03 - Tuesday, 29 March 2011
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expertise and interests as a part of the council when decisions or matters are being discussed which you might not get if you have only three people there. So that is why we do think it is important as well for that balance to be achieved for the council.
MR HANSON (Molonglo) (5.09): We will be supporting the amendments.
Amendments agreed to.
Clause 5, as amended, agreed to.
Remainder of bill, by leave, taken as a whole.
MS GALLAGHER (Molonglo—Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Health and Minister for Industrial Relations) (5.10), by leave: I move amendments Nos 6 to 9 circulated in my name together [see schedule 1 at page 1004].
The remaining amendments serve to correct minor typographical errors that have been identified in the Health Amendment Bill 2011. As an example, an amendment will amend section 67(1)(b), which currently makes an incorrect reference to another section of the act. The amendments will ensure section 67(1)(b) makes reference to section 65, not section 66, because section 65 is the relevant section dealing with the provision of a recommendation notice by a scope of clinical practice committee to a doctor or a dentist. I thank the scrutiny of bills and subordinate legislation committee for identifying this error.
Similarly, the amendments will correct a typographical error in section 67(1)(a) to ensure appropriate reference is made to section 59 and not section 65. Section 59 is the relevant section dealing with the functions of a scope of clinical practice committee to review the scope of clinical practice of a doctor or dentist.
I commend the amendments to the Assembly. I would also quickly like to thank the staff of ACT Health for putting this bill together. It has been a piece of work. Also, thank you very much to Angie Drake in my office, who has been dealing with a lot of the consultations on this legislation. I thank members for their support of this bill.
MR HANSON (Molonglo) (5.11): These amendments are minor and technical in nature and the opposition will be supporting them.
MS BRESNAN (Brindabella) (5.11): The Greens too will be supporting these. As has already been noted, they are minor and technical amendments.
Amendments agreed to.
Remainder of bill as a whole, as amended, agreed to.
Bill, as amended, agreed to.
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