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### sec.138D Matters for Minister to consider
This section applies if the Minister proposes to—
recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a nursing and midwifery regulation applying to a Service; or
grant or extend a temporary exemption for a Service under section 138C .
The Minister must consider the Service’s capability to comply with the regulation and the likely effects of compliance.
The matters that the Minister may consider include—
the likely financial costs of compliance; and
any matter (including the nature, size and location of the Service) that may affect the Service’s ability to recruit and retain staff; and
the infrastructure that the Service has, or can acquire, to support staff; and
the potential effects, on health services delivered by the Service, of actions the Service may reasonably need to take to comply with the regulation.
s 138D ins 2016 No. 29 s 5
(sec.138D-ssec.1) This section applies if the Minister proposes to— recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a nursing and midwifery regulation applying to a Service; or grant or extend a temporary exemption for a Service under section 138C .
(sec.138D-ssec.2) The Minister must consider the Service’s capability to comply with the regulation and the likely effects of compliance.
(sec.138D-ssec.3) The matters that the Minister may consider include— the likely financial costs of compliance; and any matter (including the nature, size and location of the Service) that may affect the Service’s ability to recruit and retain staff; and the infrastructure that the Service has, or can acquire, to support staff; and the potential effects, on health services delivered by the Service, of actions the Service may reasonably need to take to comply with the regulation.
- (a) recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a nursing and midwifery regulation applying to a Service; or
- (b) grant or extend a temporary exemption for a Service under section 138C .
- (a) the likely financial costs of compliance; and
- (b) any matter (including the nature, size and location of the Service) that may affect the Service’s ability to recruit and retain staff; and
- (c) the infrastructure that the Service has, or can acquire, to support staff; and
- (d) the potential effects, on health services delivered by the Service, of actions the Service may reasonably need to take to comply with the regulation.