{"id":"health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000","name":"Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000","slug":"health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30633,"registerId":"wa-health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nHealth Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000\n\nWestern Australia\n\nHealth Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Commencement 2\n\n3. Terms used 2\n\n4. Term used: visitor 3\n\n5. Term used: visiting health professional 3\n\nPart 2 — Special events exemptions\n\n6. Special events 5\n\n7. Provision of health care services by visiting health professionals authorised 5\n\n8. Conditions on practice by visiting health professionals 6\n\n9. Supply of medicines 7\n\n10. Request for use of irradiating apparatus etc. authorised 7\n\n11. Exemptions 8\n\n12. Operation of authorisations 9\n\nPart 3 — Miscellaneous\n\n13. Complaints about visiting health professionals 11\n\n14. Application of Act to particular persons 11\n\n15. Act does not limit the practice of registered health professionals 11\n\n16. Regulations 11\n\n17. Review of Act 12\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 13\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nHealth Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000\n\nAn Act to allow visiting health professionals to provide health care services to visitors to the State in connection with special events, and for related purposes.\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000* 1.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent 1.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\n(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  exemption period, in relation to a special event, means the period or periods specified in an order under section 6 that applies to the event;\n\n  health care services means —\n\n(a) services ordinarily provided by chiropractors, dental hygienists, dental therapists, dental prosthetists, dentists, medical practitioners, nurses, occupational therapists, optometrists, osteopaths, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists and psychologists; and\n\n(b) any other prescribed health care service;\n\nHealth Registration Act means the *National Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia)*;\n\nmedicine has the meaning given in the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* section 3;\n\n  prepare includes train, practise, rehearse and acclimatize;\n\n  registered means registered, licensed or enrolled under a Health Registration Act, or deemed to be so registered, licensed or enrolled;\n\n  special event means an event, or class of event, that is declared to be a special event by order under section 6;\n\n  visiting health professional has the meaning given by section 5;\n\n  visitor has the meaning given by section 4.\n\n(2) An order made under this Act is subsidiary legislation within the meaning of the *Interpretation Act 1984*.\n\n[Section 3 amended: No. 28 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 5; No. 29 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 30 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 31 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 32 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 33 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 42 of 2005 Sch. 3 cl. 4; No. 11 of 2006 s. 4; No. 21 of 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 3; No. 50 of 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 10; No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 25; No. 19 of 2010 s. 51; No. 35 of 2010 s. 78; No. 13 of 2014 s. 161.]\n\n##### 4. Term used: visitor\n\nA person is a visitor for the purposes of this Act if —\n\n(a) the person is a resident of another country who is in the State for the purpose of —\n\n(i) officially participating in a special event; or\n\n(ii) preparing for official participation in a special event;\n\nor\n\n(b) the person is a resident of another country who is appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged to manage, train or otherwise assist a person referred to in paragraph (a) and is in the State for that purpose; or\n\n(c) the person is a resident of Australia who is in the State for a purpose referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) and is a member of a group the majority of members of which are persons referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) who are in the State for the same purpose.\n\n##### 5. Term used: visiting health professional\n\nA person is a visiting health professional for the purposes of this Act if —\n\n(a) the person is an individual who is a resident of another country; and\n\n(b) the person is appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged to provide health care services to a visitor; and\n\n(c) the person is not registered; and\n\n(d) notice is given of the person’s intention to provide health care services in the State to a visitor in accordance with the procedure specified in the order under section 6 declaring the special event.\n\n## Part 2 — Special events exemptions\n\n##### 6. Special events\n\n(1) The Minister may, by order published in the *Gazette*, declare an event, or class of events, specified in the order to be a special event for the purposes of this Act.\n\n(2) An order may be made in relation to —\n\n(a) any sporting, cultural or other event that is to take place or is taking place in the State and that, in the opinion of the Minister, will attract a significant number of participants from other countries; or\n\n(b) any sporting, cultural or other event that —\n\n(i) is declared to be a special event under a law of another State or Territory that corresponds to this Act; and\n\n(ii) in the opinion of the Minister, will attract visitors to the State.\n\n(3) The order is to specify —\n\n(a) the period or periods in which the exemptions under this Act have effect in respect of the special event; and\n\n(b) the procedure by which notice is to be given of a person’s intention to provide health care services in the State to a visitor.\n\n(4) The exemption period for a special event may include any period or periods before or after the special event takes place.\n\n##### 7. Provision of health care services by visiting health professionals authorised\n\nA visiting health professional is authorised to provide health care services to a visitor for whom the health professional has been appointed, employed, contracted or otherwise engaged to provide those services.\n\n##### 8. Conditions on practice by visiting health professionals\n\n(1) It is a condition on the provision of health care services by each visiting health professional that the visiting health professional is not to provide health care services other than health care services that may be lawfully provided in this State by a registered health professional of the like profession.\n\n(2) It is a condition on the provision of health care services by each visiting health professional that the visiting health professional is not to administer, possess, prescribe or supply a medicine in the course of providing health care services authorised under this Act other than a medicine that may lawfully be administered, possessed, prescribed or supplied in this State by a registered health professional of the like profession.\n\n(3) The Minister may, by an order under section 6, do one or more of the following:\n\n(a) impose further conditions on the provision of health care services by a visiting health professional;\n\n(b) exempt a visiting health professional from the condition referred to in subsection (1);\n\n(c) exempt a visiting health professional from the condition referred to in subsection (2).\n\n(4) A condition or exemption may apply generally or apply to a particular special event or to a particular person or class of persons specified in the order.\n\n(5) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to conditions to be imposed on the provision of health care services by a visiting health professional.\n\n(6) If there is conflict or inconsistency between a regulation referred to in subsection (5) and a condition imposed under subsection (3), the regulation, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, prevails.\n\n[Section 8 amended: No. 13 of 2014 s. 162.]\n\n##### 9. Supply of medicines\n\n(1) The Minister may, by an order under section 6, authorise a person, or a class of persons, to supply a medicine —\n\n(a) in accordance with a prescription issued by a visiting health professional; or\n\n(b) to a visiting health professional as if the visiting health professional were a registered health professional of the like profession.\n\n(2) The Minister is not to make an order containing an authorisation referred to in subsection (1) unless —\n\n(a) the person or the class of persons authorised to supply the medicine is authorised under the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* to supply the medicine to, or in accordance with a prescription issued by, a registered health professional of the like profession; and\n\n(b) the Minister is satisfied that adequate arrangements are in place to ensure that the medicines concerned will only be used in connection with the provision of health services that are authorised under this Act.\n\n(3) An order under section 6 may impose conditions on any authorisation referred to in this section that is conferred by the order.\n\n[Section 9 inserted: No. 13 of 2014 s. 163.]\n\n##### 10. Request for use of irradiating apparatus etc. authorised\n\n(1) A visiting health professional may request the holder of a licence under section 26(1)(a) of the *Radiation Safety Act 1975* to undertake diagnosis or therapy referred to in that section only if the visiting health professional is authorised to do so by an order under section 6.\n\n(2) The Minister may, by an order under section 6 authorise a visiting health professional or a class of visiting health professionals, in the course of providing health care services in accordance with this Act, to request the holder of a licence under section 26(1)(a) of the *Radiation Safety Act 1975* to undertake diagnosis or therapy referred to in that section.\n\n(3) An order under section 6 may impose conditions on any authorisation referred to in this section that is conferred by the order.\n\n##### 11. Exemptions\n\n(1) A visiting health professional does not commit an offence under a Health Registration Act, the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014*, the *Radiation Safety Act 1975* or the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981* for —\n\n(a) providing health care services as authorised under this Act; or\n\n(b) administering, possessing, prescribing or supplying a medicine in the course of providing those authorised health care services where the medicine is —\n\n(i) lawfully imported or lawfully obtained in Australia by the visiting health professional; and\n\n(ii) a medicine that may lawfully be administered, possessed, prescribed or supplied by a registered health professional of the like profession;\n\nor\n\n[(c) deleted.]\n\n(d) requesting the holder of a licence under the *Radiation Safety Act 1975* to undertake diagnosis or therapy in the course of providing those authorised health care services; or\n\n(e) holding himself or herself out as being able to provide those authorised health care services; or\n\n(f) using any name, initials, description, word, symbol, addition or title that the visiting health professional ordinarily uses.\n\n(2) A visitor does not commit an offence under the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* or the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981* for using or possessing any medicine as a result of being provided with health care services in accordance with this Act.\n\n(3) A person does not commit an offence under the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* or the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981* for supplying a medicine in accordance with a prescription issued by a visiting health professional if —\n\n(a) the visiting health professional is authorised under this Act to issue the prescription; and\n\n(b) the person is authorised under this Act to supply the medicine in accordance with such a prescription; and\n\n(c) the supply would be lawful under the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* if the prescription had been issued by a registered health professional of the like profession.\n\n(4A) A person does not commit an offence under the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* or the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981* for supplying a medicine to a visiting health professional if —\n\n(a) the person is authorised under this Act to supply the medicine; and\n\n(b) the supply would be lawful under the *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* if the visiting health professional were a registered health professional of the like profession.\n\n(4) The regulations may prescribe other offences to which subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4A) applies.\n\n[Section 11 amended: No. 13 of 2014 s. 164.]\n\n##### 12. Operation of authorisations\n\n(1) Section 7 and any authorisation referred to in section 9 or 10 operate in relation to a visiting health professional during the exemption period for the special event in respect of which notice is given by or on behalf of that visiting health professional under section 5(d) and at no other time.\n\n(2) Section 7 and any authorisation referred to in section 9 or 10 do not operate in relation to a visiting health professional if the visiting health professional fails to comply with the provisions of this Act, the regulations or any relevant conditions imposed by or under this Act.\n\n## Part 3 — Miscellaneous\n\n##### 13. Complaints about visiting health professionals\n\n(1) A complaint may not be made about a visiting health professional under the *Health and Disability Services (Complaints) Act 1995* or a Health Registration Act and no disciplinary action may be taken against a visiting health professional under those Acts.\n\n(2) This section does not prevent the bringing of proceedings for an offence under an Act referred to in subsection (1).\n\n[Section 13 amended: No. 33 of 2010 s. 58.]\n\n##### 14. Application of Act to particular persons\n\nThe Minister may at any time, by order published in the *Gazette*, declare that this Act, or a specified provision of this Act, does not apply to or in respect of a specified person or class of persons, and that order has effect according to its terms.\n\n##### 15. Act does not limit the practice of registered health professionals\n\nThis Act does not prejudice or affect the lawful occupation, trade or business of any person who is registered.\n\n##### 16. Regulations\n\n(1) The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out this Act.\n\n(2) A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding $1 000.\n\n##### 17. Review of Act\n\n(1) The Minister is to carry out a review of the operation and effectiveness of this Act as soon as is practicable after the expiry of 5 years from its commencement.\n\n(2) The Minister is to prepare a report based on the review and, as soon as is practicable after the report is prepared, (and in any event not more than 12 months after the expiration of the 5 year period referred to in subsection (1)) is to cause the report to be laid before each House of Parliament.\n\n![dline]()\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000* and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | | **Assent** | | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000* | 7 of 2000 | | 14 Apr 2000 | | 14 Apr 2000 (see s. 2) |\n| *Psychologists Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 5 | 28 of 2005 | | 12 Dec 2005 | | 4 May 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 4 May 2007 p. 1963) |\n| *Optometrists Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 3 | 29 of 2005 | | 12 Dec 2005 | | 20 Apr 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 30 Mar 2007 p. 1451) |\n| *Podiatrists Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 3 | 30 of 2005 | | 12 Dec 2005 | | 30 May 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 29 May 2007 p. 2486) |\n| *Chiropractors Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 3 | 31 of 2005 | | 12 Dec 2005 | | 1 Aug 2007 (see s. 2 and G*azette* 31 Jul 2007 p. 3789) |\n| *Physiotherapists Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 3 | 32 of 2005 | | 12 Dec 2005 | | 23 Feb 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 20 Feb 2007 p. 505) |\n| *Osteopaths Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 3 | 33 of 2005 | | 12 Dec 2005 | | 30 May 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 29 May 2007 p. 2486) |\n| *Occupational Therapists Act 2005* Sch. 3 cl. 4 | 42 of 2005 | | 19 Dec 2005 | | 1 Aug 2007 (see s. 2 and G*azette* 31 Jul 2007 p. 3789) |\n| *Optical Dispensers Repeal Act 2006* s. 4 | 11 of 2006 | | 11 May 2006 | | 11 May 2006 (see s. 2) |\n| *Medical Radiation Technologists Act 2006* Sch. 3 cl. 3 | 21 of 2006 | | 9 Jun 2006 | | 1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 26 Jun 2007 p. 3013) |\n| *Nurses and Midwives Act 2006* Sch. 3 cl. 10 | 50 of 2006 | | 6 Oct 2006 | | 19 Sep 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 18 Sep 2007 p. 4711) |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000* as at 12 Oct 2007** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | |\n| *Medical Practitioners Act 2008* Sch. 3 cl. 25 | 22 of 2008 | | 27 May 2008 | | 1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989) |\n| *Standardisation of Formatting Act 2010* s. 51 | 19 of 2010 | | 28 Jun 2010 | | 11 Sep 2010 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 10 Sep 2010 p. 4341) |\n| *Health and Disability Services Legislation Amendment Act 2010* s. 58 | 33 of 2010 | | 30 Aug 2010 | | 30 Nov 2010 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 17 Sep 2010 p. 4757) |\n| *Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010* Pt. 5 Div. 24 | 35 of 2010 | | 30 Aug 2010 | | s. 77 and 78(1): 18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6);   s. 78(2): 1 Jul 2012 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 19 Jun 2012 p. 2631) |\n| **Reprint 2: The *Health Professionals (Special Events Exemption) Act 2000* as at 7 Mar 2014** (includes amendments listed above) | | | | | |\n| *Medicines and Poisons Act 2014* Pt. 11 Div. 2 | 13 of 2014 | 2 Jul 2014 | | 30 Jan 2017 (see s. 2(b) and *Gazette* 17 Jan 2017 p. 403) | |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nexemption period 3(1)\n\nhealth care services 3(1)\n\nHealth Registration Act 3(1)\n\nmedicine 3(1)\n\nprepare 3(1)\n\nregistered 3(1)\n\nspecial event 3(1)\n\nvisiting health professional 3(1), 5\n\nvisitor 3(1), 4\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: providing temporary exemptions for unregistered overseas health professionals during declared special events. While amendments have updated references to modern health practitioner regulation schemes (particularly the 2014 Medicines and Poisons Act and the National Law), these are technical updates rather than scope expansion. The core mechanism — Ministerial declaration of events, notification procedures, and conditional exemptions — remains unchanged from the 2000 intent."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to external legislation (Medicines and Poisons Act 2014, Radiation Safety Act 1975, Misuse of Drugs Act 1981, National Health Practitioner Regulation National Law)","Nested conditional logic in section 11 (exemptions) with multiple sub-paragraphs and qualifying conditions (e.g., 'lawfully imported or lawfully obtained')","Dual pathways for creating conditions: Ministerial orders under section 6 vs regulations under section 16, with explicit conflict resolution rule in section 8(6)","Defined terms rely on circular or external definitions (e.g., 'visiting health professional' defined in section 3 by reference to section 5)","Temporal limitations on authorisations (section 12) creating conditional operation periods","Multiple amendment history entries indicating evolving legislative context (though the current text is coherent)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act creates a temporary exemption system that allows overseas health professionals to treat international visitors during major events in Western Australia (like international sporting competitions or cultural festivals) **without needing to be registered under Australian health practitioner laws**.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Visiting health professionals** — doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, dentists, psychologists and other health workers from overseas who come to WA specifically to care for international athletes, performers, or their support teams during special events.\n- **Visitors** — international participants, performers, and their support staff (coaches, trainers, managers) who are in WA for the event.\n- **Local suppliers** — pharmacists and others who may need to supply medicines to these visiting professionals.\n\n**How it works:**\n\n1. The **Minister declares a \"special event\"** (such as a major sporting tournament) by publishing an order in the Government Gazette, setting out when the exemption period applies and how visiting health professionals must notify authorities of their arrival.\n\n2. **Visiting health professionals** who meet the criteria (overseas residents, engaged to treat visitors, not registered in Australia, and who give proper notice) are authorised to practise during the exemption period.\n\n3. **Important limits:**\n   - They can only provide services that a registered Australian professional of the same type could lawfully provide.\n   - They can only prescribe, administer or supply medicines that registered professionals could handle.\n   - The Minister can impose extra conditions or grant specific exemptions for particular events or individuals.\n\n4. **Legal protections:** The Act shields visiting professionals and visitors from prosecution under various WA health, medicines, and radiation safety laws — provided they stick to the rules.\n\n5. **What they CANNOT do:**\n   - Treat Australian residents (unless they're part of the visiting team/group).\n   - Practise outside the declared exemption period.\n   - Escape criminal liability for offences — they can still be prosecuted for crimes, just not for \"practising while unregistered\" type offences.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nWithout this law, a team doctor from overseas attending a Commonwealth Games or international cricket match would technically be committing an offence by treating their athletes. The Act provides a streamlined, temporary legal pathway that recognises the practical reality of international events while maintaining safeguards — ensuring visiting professionals operate within the scope of what local registered practitioners could do, and keeping the usual complaints and disciplinary systems in place for registered local practitioners."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Unable to assess whether the scope changed from the original intent — no legislative text was retrievable. The Act's title suggests a narrow, time-limited purpose (exemptions for health professionals at special events), but this cannot be confirmed or contradicted without access to the actual provisions."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was available for analysis — only a broken page notice was retrieved","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the actual content of the Act","Title alone provides insufficient detail to evaluate definitional complexity, enforcement mechanisms, or regulatory scope"],"plain_english_summary":"This appears to be a Western Australian Act that — judging by its title — provided temporary exemptions allowing interstate or overseas health professionals to practise during designated special events. It would matter to visiting clinicians, event organisers and regulators who need legal cover for transient healthcare provision.\n\nThe legislation text is currently unavailable online; check legislation.wa.gov.au or contact the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office for access or confirmation of repeal."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Act's core purpose—allowing overseas practitioners to treat visitors at declared special events—remains, but subsequent amendments broadened and specified scope. Later amendments updated the list of covered professions and aligned the Health Registration reference to the National Law (s.3(1) and compilation notes), and 2014 amendments added explicit authorisations and safeguards for medicine supply (s.9) and expanded exemption mechanics (s.11). These changes introduced more detailed cross‑statutory interaction and regulatory conditions compared with the original text."},"complexity_factors":["Broad ministerial discretion to declare events, set exemption periods and notice procedures (s.6)","Multiple cross‑references to other statutes that change legal effects (Health Registration Act/National Law, Medicines and Poisons Act 2014, Radiation Safety Act 1975, Misuse of Drugs Act 1981) (ss.3(1), 9, 10, 11)","Detailed conditions and carve-outs for practice, medicine use and radiation requests with possible further conditions or exemptions by order (s.8, s.9, s.10)","Time‑limited authorisations tied to notice compliance and exemption periods, adding operational complexity (s.5, s.12)","Conferral of authorisations to third parties to supply medicines, subject to regulatory safeguards and satisfaction tests (s.9(1)–(3))","Priority rule where regulations can prevail over ministerial conditions (s.8(5)–(6))","Prohibition on lodging complaints or disciplinary action under certain Acts for visiting professionals, while not removing criminal liability (s.13, s.11)","Regulatory hooks for offences and penalties via regulations and orders, creating compliance and enforcement detail to be filled in later (s.16, s.11(4))","Defined‑term network (visitor, visiting health professional, health care services, registered) that determines who is covered and when (ss.3–5)","Amendment history and reprints show incremental additions of professions and later insertion of medicine/radiation provisions, requiring attention to historical scope (Compilation table, notes)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act permits non‑registered health practitioners from overseas to provide specified health services to visitors during ministerially declared \"special events\" and only for the exemption periods and procedures set by order. It creates time‑limited statutory exemptions from registration, medicine and radiation laws and lets the Minister impose conditions or additional exemptions, so visiting professionals, visitors, local practitioners and medicine suppliers are bound by those orders and any regulatory conditions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000","history":"/api/acts/health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-professionals-special-events-exemption-act-2000/documents"}}