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Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001 - Proclamation (27/09/2001)

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This proclamation is a formal legal instrument that switches on specific parts of the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001.

What it does:

Sets 1 December 2001 as the start date for 24 specific items listed in Schedule 1 of the Act (items 5, 6, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 33–38, 40–43, 45–47, 49, and 53–56)
Made by the Governor-General under the commencement provision (subsection 2(2)) of the parent Act

Who it affects:

Medical practitioners and health professionals impacted by the qualification standards and other measures contained in those specific items
Health authorities responsible for administering the commenced provisions

Why it matters:

Acts of Parliament don't automatically take effect immediately upon passing; they usually need a formal 'commencement date' fixed by proclamation
This document activates the specified medical qualification reforms, giving them legal force from 1 December 2001

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Proclamation

Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001

I, PETER JOHN HOLLINGWORTH, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and under subsection 2 (2) of the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001, fix 1 December 2001 as the day on which items 5, 6, 23, 24, 25, 28, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53, 54, 55 and 56 of Schedule 1 to that Act commence.

Signed and sealed with the Great Seal of Australia on 27 September 2001

PETER HOLLINGWORTH

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command

MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE

Minister for Health and Aged Care

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Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.