127AACouncil to be review body for purposes of section 127A [NSW]

127AA Council to be review body for purposes of section 127A [NSW]

127AA Council to be review body for purposes of section 127A [NSW]

(1) The Council for the health profession in which the relevant practitioner or student is registered is declared to be the review body for the purposes of section 127A.

(2) A Council, in deciding a matter referred to it under section 127A, must do so in accordance with this section.

(3) A Council may inquire into and decide the matter on its own motion or on the application of the relevant practitioner or student.

(4) An application may not be made—

(a) while the terms of the condition or undertaking provide that an application for review may not be made; or

(b) while an appeal to the Tribunal or the Supreme Court in respect of the same matter is pending.

(5) A Council, following its inquiry into a matter, may do any of the following—

(a) in the case of an inquiry initiated by an application, dismiss the application;

(b) in the case of an inquiry initiated by the Council, decide to do nothing;

(c) in the case of an inquiry in relation to an undertaking, decide to revoke the undertaking or revoke the undertaking and impose a condition on similar or different terms as the undertaking;

(d) in the case of an inquiry in relation to a condition, decide to remove the condition, change the condition or remove the condition and impose a new condition.

Note.

This section is an additional New South Wales provision.

s 127AA: Ins 2017 No 50, Sch 1 [4].