Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 70, 1985 - SECT 15

15. Section 68 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-sections:



"(2A) Paragraph (2) (c) does not apply to an organization that-

   (a)  was not a registered organization immediately before the commencement
        of this sub-section;

   (b)  is carried on for the purposes of profit or gain to the individual
        members or shareholders of the organization; and

   (c)  applies for registration as a registered organization in respect of
        the State concerned within the period of 6 months after the day of
        that commencement or such further period as the Minister (whether
        before or after the expiration of that period of 6 months), by notice
        in writing served on the organization, allows.



"(2B) The regulations may provide that a specified provision of this Act does
not apply, or applies with prescribed modifications, in relation to an
organization referred to in sub-section (2A).



"(2C) The power conferred by sub-section (2B) to make modifications by
regulation includes the power to omit any matter or add any new matter.";

   (b)  by omitting from paragraph (3) (b) "the last preceding sub-section"
        and substituting "sub-section (2)"; and

   (c)  by inserting in paragraph (3) (b) "in that sub-section and sub-section
(2A)" after "references" (last occurring).