{"id":"BILL-QLD-health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025","name":"Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025","slug":"health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025","collection":"bill","jurisdiction":"qld","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":"2025-01-01","administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":446100,"registerId":"BILL-QLD-health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025:current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2025-01-01","status":"in_force","reasons":null,"registeredAt":"2026-05-06T12:45:16.815Z"},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"retrieval-0001","sectionType":"document_chunk","heading":"Document excerpt 1","content":"# Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\n\nQueensland\nHealth Legislation\nAmendment Bill 2025\n\nQueensland\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nContents\nPage\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\nPart 2 Amendment of Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011\n3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n4 Amendment of s 23 (Membership of boards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4\n5 Amendment of s 24A (Temporary members of board) . . . . . . . . 4\n6 Amendment of s 25 (Chair and deputy chair) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5\n7 Amendment of s 28 (Removal from office of board members) . . 5\n8 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n9 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n10 Amendment of s 37 (Cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\n11 Amendment of s 38 (Immediate suspension without show cause notice)\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n12 Amendment of pt 11, div 4, hdg (Seizure of evidence) . . . . . . . . 7\n13 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n14 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n15 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 3, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7\n16 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 4, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8\n17 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 5, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8\n18 Amendment of s 205 (Forfeiture of illicit tobacco or illicit nicotine product)\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8\n19 Amendment of s 205A (Forfeiture of bongs and ice pipes) . . . . . 9\n20 Insertion of new s 205B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9\n205B Forfeiture of vaping goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9\n21 Replacement of s 207 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . 9\n\nContents\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPage 2\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\nSubdivision 6 Dealing with property forfeited or transferred to State\n206A When thing becomes property of State . . . . . . . . . . . 10\n207 How property may be dealt with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10\n22 Relocation and renumbering of s 208 (Return of seized things) . 10\n23 Relocation and renumbering of s 209 (Access to seized things) 10\n24 Insertion of new s 223A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11\n223A Recovery of costs from convicted person . . . . . . . . . 11\n25 Amendment of s 224 (Definition for division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12\n\n2025\nA Bill\nfor\nAn Act to amend the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011 and\nthe Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998 for\nparticular purposes\n\nPage 4\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 1]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 1 Preliminary\nThe Parliament of Queensland enacts—\nPart 1 Preliminary\n1 Short title\nThis Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment\nAct 2025.\n2 Commencement\nPart 2 commences on 1 April 2026.\nPart 2 Amendment of Hospital and\nHealth Boards Act 2011\n3 Act amended\nThis part amends the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011.\n4 Amendment of s 23 (Membership of boards)\n(1) Section 23(3), ‘clinicians’—\nomit, insert—\nHHS clinicians\n(2) Section 23(5)—\nomit.\n5 Amendment of s 24A (Temporary members of board)\n(1) Section 24A(1)(c), ‘clinicians’—\nomit, insert—\n1\n2\nClause 3\n4\n5\nClause 6\n7\n8\n9\nClause 10\n11\nClause 12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\nClause 18\n19\n20\n\nPage 5\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 6]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 2 Amendment of Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011\nHHS clinicians\n(2) Section 24A(6)—\nomit.\n6 Amendment of s 25 (Chair and deputy chair)\n(1) Section 25(1)(a) and (b)—\nomit, insert—\n(a) a member of a board, other than a member\nwho is a HHS clinician, to be the chair of\nthe board; and\n(b) another member of the board, other than a\nmember who is a HHS clinician, to be the\ndeputy chair of the board.\n(2) Section 25(4)—\ninsert—\n(c) becomes a HHS clinician.\n(3) Section 25(5)—\nomit, insert—\n(5) A person may continue to be a member of the\nboard if the person stops holding office as the\nchair or deputy chair under subsection (4)(a) or\n(c).\n7 Amendment of s 28 (Removal from office of board\nmembers)\nSection 28(e)—\ninsert—\n(v) was appointed because the member was a\nHHS clinician and has stopped being a HHS\nclinician.\n1\n2\n3\nClause 4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\nClause 22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n\nPage 6\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 8]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n8 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)\nSchedule 2—\ninsert—\nHHS clinician, in relation to a board established\nfor a Service, means a person who—\n(a) is a health professional registered under the\nHealth Practitioner Regulation National\nLaw, other than as a student; and\n(b) is employed or engaged, to provide care or\ntreatment to persons for an average of at\nleast 8 hours per week, as—\n(i) an employee of the Service; or\n(ii) an employee in the department who\nworks for the Service; or\n(iii) a person who provides services for the\nService under a contract of services;\nand\n(c) has been employed or engaged as mentioned\nin paragraph (b) for at least 2 years.\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and\nOther Smoking Products Act\n1998\n9 Act amended\nThis part amends the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products\nAct 1998.\n10 Amendment of s 37 (Cancellation)\n(1) Section 37(2)(b), ‘disciplinary’—\nomit.\nClause 1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\nClause 23\n24\n25\nClause 26\n27\n28\n\nPage 7\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 11]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n(2) Section 37(2)(c), ‘stated disciplinary’—\nomit.\n11 Amendment of s 38 (Immediate suspension without show\ncause notice)\nSection 38(1)(a), ‘disciplinary’—\nomit.\n12 Amendment of pt 11, div 4, hdg (Seizure of evidence)\nPart 11, division 4, heading, from ‘of’—\nomit, insert—\nby authorised persons and forfeiture\n13 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 1, hdg\nBefore section 195—\ninsert—\nSubdivision 1 Preliminary\n14 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 2, hdg\nAfter section 196—\ninsert—\nSubdivision 2 Power to seize\n15 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 3, hdg\nAfter section 199—\ninsert—\nSubdivision 3 Powers to support seizure\n1\n2\nClause 3\n4\n5\n6\nClause 7\n8\n9\n10\nClause 11\n12\n13\n14\nClause 15\n16\n17\n18\nClause 19\n20\n21\n22\n\nPage 8\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 16]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n16 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 4, hdg\nAfter section 201—\ninsert—\nSubdivision 4 Safeguards for seized\nthings\n17 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4, sdiv 5, hdg\nBefore section 203—\ninsert—\nSubdivision 5 Forfeiture\n18 Amendment of s 205 (Forfeiture of illicit tobacco or illicit\nnicotine product)\n(1) Section 205, heading, from ‘illicit tobacco’—\nomit, insert—\nrelevant product\n(2) Section 205(1)(a) and (2)(a), ‘illicit tobacco or an illicit\nnicotine product’—\nomit, insert—\na relevant product\n(3) Section 205(4), before ‘owner’—\ninsert—\nformer\n(4) Section 205(6)—\ninsert—\nrelevant product means—\n(a) illicit tobacco; or\nClause 1\n2\n3\n4\n5\nClause 6\n7\n8\n9\nClause 10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n\nPage 9\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 19]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n(b) an illicit nicotine product mentioned in\nschedule 1, definition illicit nicotine\nproduct, paragraph (b).\n19 Amendment of s 205A (Forfeiture of bongs and ice pipes)\nSection 205A(4), before ‘owner’—\ninsert—\nformer\n20 Insertion of new s 205B\nAfter section 205A—\ninsert—\n205B Forfeiture of vaping goods\n(1) The chief executive may decide a seized thing is\nforfeited to the State if the chief executive—\n(a) is satisfied the thing is vaping goods; and\n(b) reasonably believes it is necessary to keep\nthe thing to prevent it being used to commit\nthe offence for which it was seized.\n(2) If the chief executive decides the seized thing is\nforfeited to the State, the chief executive must\ngive the former owner of the seized thing written\nnotice of the decision and the reasons for the\ndecision.\n(3) The chief executive is not required to provide\nprocedural fairness in giving the written notice.\n(4) This section applies even if a proceeding\ninvolving the seized thing has started.\n21 Replacement of s 207 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.)\nSection 207—\n1\n2\n3\nClause 4\n5\n6\n7\nClause 8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\nClause 27\n28\n\nPage 10\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 22]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\nomit, insert—\nSubdivision 6 Dealing with property\nforfeited or transferred to\nState\n206A When thing becomes property of State\nA thing becomes the property of the State if—\n(a) the thing is forfeited to the State under\nsubdivision 5; or\n(b) the owner of the thing and the State agree, in\nwriting, to the transfer of the ownership of\nthe thing to the State.\n207 How property may be dealt with\n(1) This section applies if, under section 206A, a\nthing becomes the property of the State.\n(2) The chief executive may deal with the thing as the\nchief executive considers appropriate, including,\nfor example, by destroying the thing.\n22 Relocation and renumbering of s 208 (Return of seized\nthings)\nSection 208—\nrelocate to part 11, division 4, subdivision 4 and renumber as\nsection 202B.\n23 Relocation and renumbering of s 209 (Access to seized\nthings)\nSection 209—\nrelocate to part 11, division 4, subdivision 4 and renumber as\nsection 202A.\n1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\nClause 18\n19\n20\n21\n22\nClause 23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n\nPage 11\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 24]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n24 Insertion of new s 223A\nAfter section 223—\ninsert—\n223A Recovery of costs from convicted person\n(1) A court convicting a person of an offence against\nthis Act may order the person to pay to the State\ncosts reasonably incurred by the State because of\nthe offence, including the following costs—\n(a) the cost of testing, transporting, storing,\ndismantling, destroying or disposing of\nsmoking products, ice pipes, bongs, illicit\ntobacco, illicit nicotine products or other\nevidence;\n(b) the reasonable costs of investigating the\noffence;\n(c) the reasonable costs of preparing for the\nprosecution of the offence.\n(2) In deciding whether to make the order, the court\nmay have regard to—\n(a) the extent to which the person’s conduct\nduring the investigation of the offence\ncontributed to the costs being incurred; and\n(b) whether the offence was committed, wholly\nor partly, for a commercial purpose; and\n(c) any other relevant matter.\n(3) An amount ordered to be paid under subsection\n(1) is a debt owing to the State.\n(4) The power of the court under subsection (1) is in\naddition to any other power of the court under this\nAct or another law.\nClause 1\n2\n3\n4\n5\n6\n7\n8\n9\n10\n11\n12\n13\n14\n15\n16\n17\n18\n19\n20\n21\n22\n23\n24\n25\n26\n27\n28\n29\n30\n\nPage 12\nAuthorised by the Parliamentary Counsel\n[s 25]\nHealth Legislation Amendment Bill 2025\nPart 3 Amendment of Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n25 Amendment of s 224 (Definition for division)\nSection 224, definition forfeiture decision, paragraph (a),\n‘illicit tobacco or an illicit nicotine product’—\nomit, insert—\na relevant product\n© State of Queensland 2025\nClause 1\n2\n3\n4\n5","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Bill expands the administrative enforcement and disposal powers under the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act beyond narrowly procedural changes. It creates a specific administrative forfeiture route for vaping goods that can operate even during court proceedings and removes a statutory procedural-fairness requirement for the written notice of forfeiture (new s 205B). It also gives the chief executive broad and open-ended disposal powers (new s 207) and adds a statutory mechanism for courts to recover State investigation and disposal costs from convicted persons (new s 223A). Those measures move the statute from primarily criminal enforcement toward stronger administrative property-forfeiture and cost-recovery tools. On the Hospital and Health Boards Act side, the Bill narrows who can be chair/deputy chair and adds a new removal ground tied to employment status (amended ss 25, 28). Taken together, these changes broaden the functional scope of the Acts: strengthening administrative enforcement and asset-disposal pathways and changing governance eligibility rules, rather than making only technical or purely procedural adjustments."},"complexity_factors":["Two separate Acts amended (Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011; Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998).","Insertion of a new defined term with multi-part eligibility criteria (HHS clinician) in schedule (cl 8).","Multiple cross-references and replacement of an existing term ('clinicians' to 'HHS clinicians') across membership and temporary member provisions (amend ss 23, 24A).","Restrictive eligibility additions and conditional removal ground (amend s 25 and s 28) with interplay between appointment basis and later change of status.","Reorganisation of Part 11 Division 4 into five new subdivisions with relocation and renumbering of sections (cl 12–17, 22–23) — increases navigation complexity.","Introduction of new administrative adjudicative power (chief executive forfeiture of vaping goods) with an unusual statutory clause removing procedural fairness in notice (new s 205B) — introduces conditional and discretionary language ('satisfied', 'reasonably believes').","Replacement of section 207 with a broad, discretionary disposal power for the chief executive (new s 207) — open-ended statutory discretion.","Addition of court cost-recovery power with multiple enumerated cost categories and discretionary sentencing considerations (new s 223A).","Renaming and generalisation of product categories (use of 'relevant product') creating additional definitional cross-references.","Several small textual deletions (removal of the word 'disciplinary') that subtly broaden the meaning of existing enforcement provisions."],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Bill changes (mechanically)\n\n- Part 2: Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011\n  - Creates a new, specific definition of “HHS clinician” (a registered health professional employed or engaged by a Hospital and Health Service (HHS) for at least 8 hours/week and employed for at least 2 years) (new schedule definition).\n  - Changes board membership and office rules so that the chair and deputy chair of an HHS board cannot be HHS clinicians (amend s 25). A member who was appointed as an HHS clinician and ceases to be an HHS clinician can be removed for that reason (amend s 28). The statutory references to “clinicians” in membership and temporary membership provisions are replaced with the narrower term “HHS clinicians” (amend ss 23, 24A, and schedule).\n\n- Part 3: Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998\n  - Removes the word “disciplinary” from several provisions about licence cancellation and immediate suspension (amend ss 37, 38), which broadens the text of those provisions (mechanically deleting a limiting word).\n  - Reorganises Part 11 Division 4 by adding numbered subdivisions (Preliminary; Power to seize; Powers to support seizure; Safeguards for seized things; Forfeiture) and renumbers/relocates existing sections (inserting headings and moving ss 208–209) to clarify structure.\n  - Replaces references to “illicit tobacco or an illicit nicotine product” with a broader label “relevant product” (amend s 205 and s 224), and clarifies what counts as a relevant product.\n  - Adds an express power for the chief executive to decide that seized vaping goods are forfeited to the State if satisfied they are vaping goods and reasonably believes retaining them prevents their use in the offence for which they were seized. The chief executive must notify the former owner in writing of the decision and reasons, but the Act says procedural fairness is not required in the notice (new s 205B). This can apply even if court proceedings have started.\n  - Rewrites the rules for how property that becomes State property is dealt with: a seized thing becomes property of the State if forfeited or if owner agrees in writing to transfer ownership; the chief executive may deal with the property as considered appropriate, including destroying it (new ss 206A and 207).\n  - Relocates return/access provisions for seized things and places them within the new Safeguards subdivision (renumbered ss 202A, 202B).\n  - Adds a new power for courts to order convicted persons to pay costs reasonably incurred by the State because of the offence (testing, transport, storage, destruction or disposal of seized items; investigation; prosecution preparation). The order is a debt to the State and is additional to other powers (new s 223A).\n\nWhy the Bill matters (effects, who decides, who pays, and likely behavioural responses)\n\n- Who decides and what they can do\n  - The chief executive (a public official) gets explicit administrative power to forfeit and then deal with (including destroy) seized vaping goods and other property that becomes State property (new ss 205B, 206A, 207). The chief executive also controls the written notice process and is relieved of the statutory obligation to provide procedural fairness when giving that notice (new s 205B(3)).\n  - Courts get a clear statutory power to order convicted offenders to pay costs the State reasonably incurred because of the offence (new s 223A).\n\n- Who pays\n  - Owners of seized vaping goods face the risk of losing property by administrative forfeiture (they are the “former owner” once forfeited) and can be deprived of a procedural-fairness step in the notice process (new s 205B).\n  - Persons convicted of offences against the Tobacco Act may be ordered by a court to repay State costs (new s 223A). Those costs can include destruction, testing, transport, investigation and prosecution expenses.\n\n- Behavioural and market effects to expect\n  - Vaping goods retailers and distributors face higher enforcement risk: stock can be seized and administratively forfeited without procedural fairness in the written notice. That increases the regulatory compliance risk and may raise operating costs (more recordkeeping, legal caution, reduced willingness to stock certain products). (See new s 205B and new ss 206A–207.)\n  - The power to recover State costs from convicted persons may shift some enforcement costs back to offenders, reducing net enforcement expense for the State where collection is effective. It also increases the financial consequences of conviction for individuals and businesses (new s 223A).\n  - Restricting chairs and deputy chairs of HHS boards to non-HHS clinicians changes internal governance incentives: clinicians remain on boards but cannot hold the top two offices. That shifts who presides over boards, affecting leadership selection, possible conflicts of interest dynamics, and the division between managerial oversight and clinical input (amended s 25 and definition).\n\nCosts, trade-offs, and implementation risks (mechanisms, not judgments)\n\n- Compliance and administrative burden: The new seizure/forfeiture structure requires operational processes for identifying vaping goods, seizing, storing, deciding forfeiture, notifying former owners, and disposing of property. Those processes have staffing, storage and legal-advice costs (new ss 205B, 206A–207).\n\n- Procedural fairness and legal risk: Removing the statutory requirement to provide procedural fairness when issuing the written notice of forfeiture (s 205B(3)) narrows the administrative protection for owners. That could increase judicial review or challenge risk and associated costs if owners argue reviewable error or breach of common law natural justice in decisions affecting property.\n\n- Incentives for enforcement and private behaviour: Administrative forfeiture and easier disposal (including destruction) lower the marginal cost to the State of removing offending goods from circulation, which may encourage more seizures. For offenders and sellers, the risk of forfeiture and cost-recovery increases deterrence but may also push some supply to informal or illicit channels if legitimate distribution becomes less viable.\n\n- Allocation of costs and recovery practicality: Courts may order convicted persons to pay for evidence management and investigation costs (s 223A), but actual recovery depends on the offender’s ability to pay and enforcement mechanisms; the legislative entitlement does not by itself guarantee recoupment.\n\n- Governance trade-off in health boards: Barring clinicians from chairing boards narrows the pool of eligible chairs and may reduce clinical leadership at the chair level while retaining clinicians as members. This reduces the risk that active employed clinicians simultaneously hold top board offices, but it may create tensions around clinical voice versus governance independence.\n\nKey provisions to look up in the Bill text\n- Definition of HHS clinician (new schedule definition) — affects s 23, 24A, 25, 28.\n- New forfeiture power for vaping goods — s 205B.\n- New State property and disposal rules — ss 206A, 207.\n- New court power to recover State costs — s 223A.\n\nMechanically, the Bill both tightens governance rules for HHS boards and strengthens administrative enforcement tools under the Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act: it expands administrative forfeiture and disposal powers, narrows procedural protections in the notice process, and adds a statutory cost-recovery remedy for the State.\n\n(References in parentheses are to the Bill's clause or the amended section: HHS clinician definition—schedule insertion (cl 8); chair/deputy chair and removal changes—amend s 25 and s 28 (cl 6–7); vaping forfeiture—new s 205B (cl 20); State property/disposal—new ss 206A–207 (cl 21); court cost recovery—new s 223A (cl 24).)\n"},"summary":{"status_summary":"The Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 received royal assent, with Part 2 commencing on 1 April 2026 and Part 3 commencing on the date of assent.","complexity_score":4,"likely_questions":["What criteria must a person meet to qualify as a 'HHS clinician' under the new definition?","Does the new forfeiture power for vaping goods apply only to items seized after the bill's commencement, or retrospectively?","How will courts determine the 'reasonable costs' of investigation and prosecution when making cost recovery orders?","Does removing the word 'disciplinary' from cancellation and suspension provisions change the standard for those actions?"],"complexity_factors":["Amends two distinct Acts with unrelated subject matter (hospital governance and tobacco/vaping enforcement)","Introduces a new defined term 'HHS clinician' with specific employment and registration criteria","Creates new forfeiture power for vaping goods with a reduced procedural fairness requirement","Adds a cost recovery mechanism from convicted persons with broad judicial discretion","Restructures existing seizure and forfeiture provisions into new subdivisions without changing substantive powers"],"plain_english_summary":"The Bill tightens who can sit on and lead Hospital and Health Service boards by replacing “clinicians” with a defined “HHS clinician” who must be a registered health professional meeting employment thresholds, bars clinicians from chair/deputy roles, and creates new removal grounds (commencing 1 April 2026). It also beefs up tobacco and vaping enforcement (operative on royal assent): expanded seizure/forfeiture powers for vaping goods, no pre-decision procedural fairness for forfeiture, and a new court power to order convicted persons to pay the State’s investigation and disposal costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025","history":"/api/acts/health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-legislation-amendment-bill-2025/documents"}}