{"id":"tas:act-2025-003","name":"Health Miscellaneous Act 2025","slug":"health-miscellaneous-act-2025","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"tas","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"3 of 2025","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176728,"registerId":"tas-tas:act-2025-003-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"# Part 1 Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Short title","content":"### 1 Short title\n\n> This Act may be cited as the [Health Miscellaneous Act 2025](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2025-003) .","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"### 2 Commencement\n\n> This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal 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Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Anatomical Examinations Act 2006](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2006-026) .","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"Food Act 2003 Amended","content":"# Part 3 Food Act 2003 Amended\n\n*\n\n**5.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .\n\n**\n\n**6.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .\n\n**\n\n**7.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .\n\n**\n\n**8.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .\n\n**\n\n**9.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .\n\n*","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"5.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 5.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"6.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 6.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"7.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 7.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"8.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 8.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"9.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 9.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Food Act 2003](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2003-008) .","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Part 4","sectionType":"part","heading":"Poisons Act 1971 Amended","content":"# Part 4 Poisons Act 1971 Amended\n\n*\n\n**10.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .\n\n**\n\n**11.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .\n\n**\n\n**12.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .\n\n**\n\n**13.**   \n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .\n\n*","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"10.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 10.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"11.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 11.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"12.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 12.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"13.","sectionType":"section","heading":null,"content":"### 13.\n\n> The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the [Poisons Act 1971](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1971-081) .","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Part 5","sectionType":"part","heading":"Legislation repealed and revoked","content":"# Part 5 Legislation repealed and revoked","sortOrder":17},{"sectionNumber":"14","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation repealed","content":"### 14 Legislation repealed\n\n> The legislation specified in [Schedule 1](#JS1@EN) is repealed.","sortOrder":18},{"sectionNumber":"15","sectionType":"section","heading":"Legislation revoked","content":"### 15 Legislation revoked\n\n> The legislation specified in [Schedule 2](#JS2@EN) is revoked.","sortOrder":19},{"sectionNumber":"Part 6","sectionType":"part","heading":"Miscellaneous","content":"# Part 6 Miscellaneous","sortOrder":20},{"sectionNumber":"16","sectionType":"section","heading":"Repeal of Act","content":"### 16 Repeal of Act\n\n> This Act is repealed on the first anniversary of the day on which it commenced.","sortOrder":21},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation repea","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation repealed","content":"# SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation repea SCHEDULE 1 - Legislation repealed\n\n[Section 14](#GS14@EN)\n\n| Optometry Offences Act 2010 (No. 4 of 2010) |\n| Mental Health (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2013 (No. 69 of 2013) |","sortOrder":22},{"sectionNumber":"SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation revok","sectionType":"part","heading":"SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation revoked","content":"# SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation revok SCHEDULE 2 - Legislation revoked\n\n[Section 15](#GS15@EN)\n\n| Tasmanian Health Organisations (Tasmanian Health Service) Order 2015 (No. 23 of 2015) |","sortOrder":23}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[{"type":"other","section":"Status Information / Currency of version","severity":"low","reasoning":"The phrase 'version current from 16 April 2025 to date (accessed 5 April 2026)' implies the version has been continuously current and unmodified for approximately one year. 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