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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 10 Hansard (25 September) . . Page.. 3355 ..


MRS CARNELL (continuing):

(3) An instrument of appointment is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinat Laws Act 1989.

(4) The Minister may, by instrument, suspend the Chief Health Officer from duty on grounds of misbehaviour or physical or mental incapacity, being grounds the particulars of which are stated in the instrument.

(5) An instrument of suspension is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.

(6) Following the suspension of the Chief Health Officer, the Minister may, by instrument, revoke the appointment of the Chief Health Officer if Ñ

(a) after the last day on which the instrument of suspension could have been disallowed under the Subordinate Laws Act 1989, the instrument has not been disallowed; and

(b) the Minister is satisfied that the grounds for suspension stated in the instrument of suspension still exist.".

Page 7, line 2, clause 8, subclause (1), omit "Subject to subsection 7(3), the", substitute "The".

Page 7, line 4, clause 8, paragraph (1)(a), omit all the words from and including ", whether" to and including "7(2)".

Page 7, line 9, clause 8, after subclause (1), insert the following subclause:

"(1A) An acting Chief Health Officer shall be a medical practitioner.".

Page 7, line 34, clause 10, after paragraph (1)(d), insert the following paragraphs:

"(da) health promotion activities;

(db) harm minimisation activities;

(dc) access and equity indicators relevant to health;

(dd) social indicators relevant to health;


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