Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003

7: Miscellaneous provisions, consequential amendments and repeals, and transitional provisions

178 Interpretation



                  Subpart 2---Transitional provisions

             Interpretation of terms used in this subpart

    178 Interpretation

  (1)  In this subpart, unless the context otherwise requires,---

continuing authority    means each authority specified in column 1 of Schedule
2

Dental Technicians Board    means the board continued by section 72(1) of the
Dental Act 1988

former registration Act    means each of the following Acts:

      (a)  Chiropractors Act 1982:

      (b)  Dental Act 1988:

      (c)  Dietitians Act 1950:

      (d)  Medical Auxiliaries Act 1966:

      (e)  Medical Practitioners Act 1995:

      (f)  Nurses Act 1977:

      (g)  Occupational Therapy Act 1949:

      (h)  Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Act 1976:

      (i)  Pharmacy Act 1970:

      (j)  Physiotherapy Act 1949:

      (k)  Psychologists Act 1981

new Dental Council    means the Dental Council established by section 114(2)

old Dental Council    means the Dental Council of New Zealand continued by
section 69(1) of the Dental Act 1988

Pharmaceutical Society    means the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand
continued by section 3 of the Pharmacy Act 1970, and Pharmaceutical Council
means the Council of that Society

registered, in relation to a person, includes a person whose registration was
conditional or unconditional or who has held a certificate of registration

successor authority, in relation to any person who was at any time registered
under a former registration Act, means,---

      (a)  if the person was at that time registered with a continuing
authority, the continuing authority:

      (b)  if the person was at that time registered with the Dental
Technicians Board, the new Dental Council:

      (c)  if the person was at that time registered in his or her capacity as
a midwife with the Nursing Council, the Midwifery Council established by
section 114(3):

      (d)  if the person was at that time registered with the old Dental
Council, the new Dental Council:

      (e)  if the person was at that time registered with the Pharmaceutical
Council, the Pharmacy Council established by section 114(5).

  (2)  Wherever an authority is, in this subpart, referred to by a name that is
specified in column 1 of Schedule 2, the reference is to the authority of that
name specified in that schedule.
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