31Regulations must provide for National Boards

31 Regulations must provide for National Boards (1) The regulations must provide for a National Health Practitioner Board for each health profession. (2) The regulations may— (a) continue an existing Board for a health profession; or (b) establish a Board for a health profession or for 2 or more health professions; or (c) dissolve a Board for a health profession (the dissolved Board) if another Board is established for that health profession (the replacement Board). (3) The regulations may provide for anything for which it is necessary or convenient to make provision to allow, facilitate or provide for the (a) the continuation, establishment or dissolution of a Board under subsection (2); (b) the completion of a matter started by the existing Board before the commencement; (c) the effect of anything done by an existing Board before the commencement; (d) the transfer of matters from a dissolved Board to a replacement (4) Before a regulation is made under subsection (2)(b) or (c), the Ministers comprising the Ministerial Council must undertake public consultation on the proposed regulation.

National Boards Division 1 (5) However, failure to comply with subsection (4) does not affect the validity of the regulation. (6) In this section— existing Board means a National Health Practitioner Board in existence immediately before the commencement.