Div 13Transitional provisions

Division 13 — Transitional provisions 289. Commissioner of Health (1) A thing done or omitted to be done by, to or in relation to, the Commissioner of Health before commencement under, or for the purposes of, an enactment has the same effect after commencement, to the extent that it has any force or significance after commencement, as if it had been done or omitted by, to or in relation to, the CEO. CEO has the meaning given by section 3 of the *Health Legislation Administration Act 1984* as in force after commencement; commencement means the time at which this Division comes into operation; Commissioner of Health means the Commissioner of Health referred to in section 6(1)(a) of the *Health Legislation Administration Act 1984* as in force before commencement. Defined terms *[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]* **Defined term Provision(s)** AHEC 53T(1) animal 53B(1) approved counselling 49(2f) artificial fertilisation procedure 3(1) artificial insemination procedure 3(1) authorised officer 3(1) biological parent 3(1) CEO 3(1) Chairperson 3(1) chimeric embryo 53B(1) Code 3(1) Code of Practice 3(1) commencement day 49(2e) committee 3(1) Commonwealth authority 53ZK(3) Commonwealth Human Embryo Act 3(1) Commonwealth Human Embryo regulations 53T(1) condition 3(1) confer 53T(1) confidential commercial information 53T(1) corresponding law 53T(1) Council 3(1) counselling services 3(1) court 53ZK(3) decision 53ZL Deputy Chairperson 3(1) diagnostic investigation 53W(4) directions 3(1) director 3(1) disclose 53T(1) effective consent 3(1) eligible person 24(2), 53ZL engage in conduct 53X(2) excess ART embryo 3(1), 53T(1) Executive Officer 3(1) exempt use 53W(2) exemption 3(1) fertilisation 3(1) guidelines 3(1) HREC 53T(1) human cell 53L(2) human egg 3(1) human embryo 3(1), 3A(1) human embryo clone 53B(1) human gamete 3(1) human sperm 3(1) hybrid embryo 53B(1) in vitro fertilisation procedure 3(1) information 5(9) inspector 53T(1) Institutional Ethics Committee 3(1) licence 3(1), 53T(1) licence supervisor 3(1) licensed ART centre 53T(1) licensee 3(1) medical practitioner 3(1) member 3(1) misbehaviour Sch. — cl. 5(2) NHMRC 3(1) NHMRC licence 3(1) NHMRC Licensing Committee 53T(1) nominated member 3(1) observation 53W(4) parliamentary purposes 5(9) participant 3(1) person to whom the licence applies 3(1) practice 3(3) precursor cell 53B(1) premises 3(1) procedure 3(1) prohibited embryo 53P(5) project of research 3(1) proper consent 53T(1) proprietary company 3(1) prosecution notice 57(2) Public Health Official 3(1) reasonable expenses 53Q(4) record 3(1), 5(9) related body corporate 3(1) relevant section 60A(5) reproductive technology 3(1) reproductive technology practice 3(3) research 3(1) responsible person 53T(1) Rules 3(1) specified 57(2) State 53T(1) State agency 53ZK(3) storage 3(4) storage procedure 3(1) store 3(4) stored 3(4) subsidiary legislation 3(1) summary conviction penalty 3(1) therapeutic use 53S(4) this Act 3(1) treatment 3(1) valuable consideration 53Q(4) woman 3(1) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au. Attribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2025. By Authority: ROGER JACOBS, Acting Government Printer