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Public and Environmental Health Act 2011
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8 Application of Part
(1) This Part does not apply to a person who is authorised by another
Act to carry out a declared activity.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person is authorised by another
Act if:
(a) the person is a health practitioner who carries out the activity
in the course of practising the health practitioner's profession;
or
(b) the person is licensed or otherwise authorised under the
Radiation Protection Act 2004 to carry out the activity.
(3) In this section:
health practitioner means:
(a) a medical practitioner; or
(b) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law:
(i) to practise in the dental profession as a dentist (other
than as a student); and
(ii) in the dentists division of that profession; or
(c) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law to practise in the nursing profession (other than
as a student); or
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(d) a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law to practise in the pharmacy profession (other
than as a student).