18Complaints being dealt with on participation day

### 18 Complaints being dealt with on participation day > > (1)  In this section – > > > > > ***former health practitioner Tribunal*** means any of the following: > > > > > > > > (a) a disciplinary tribunal within the meaning of the [Pharmacists Registration Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-090) or the [Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-020) ; > > > > > > > > > (b) the Professional Review Tribunal established under the [Nursing Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-100) ; > > > > > > > > > (c) the Medical Complaints Tribunal established under the [Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1996-002) ; > > > > > ***investigating committee*** means a committee established under a former health practitioner registration Act for the purposes of investigating a complaint. > > > (2)  Notwithstanding section 289 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania), if before the participation day for this jurisdiction a local registration authority had started, but not immediately before that day completed, dealing with a complaint about a person registered in a health profession by the local registration authority – > > > > > > (a) the complaint is to be dealt with by the National Board for the health profession; and > > > > > > > (b) the complaint is to continue to be dealt with under the former health practitioner registration Act under which it was made; and > > > > > > > (c) if, in so dealing with the matter – > > > > > > > > > > (i) under the [Nursing Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1995-100) or the [Medical Practitioners Registration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1996-002) , the National Board for the health profession; or > > > > > > > > > > > (ii) under the [Pharmacists Registration Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-090) or the [Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2001-020) , an investigating committee established for the complaint – > > > > > > > > considers that the matter should be referred to a former health practitioner Tribunal, the responsible tribunal may deal with the matter as if it were the former health practitioner Tribunal; and > > > > > > > (d) the responsible tribunal is to deal with the matter under the relevant former health practitioner registration Act under which the complaint was made and may make any decision that the former health practitioner Tribunal could have made. > > > (3)  Notwithstanding [subsection (2)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) , if before the participation day for this jurisdiction a former health practitioner Tribunal had started, but not immediately before that day completed, hearing a complaint referred to it by a local registration authority, that Tribunal may continue to deal with the matter under the relevant former health practitioner registration Act under which the complaint was made.