Australian Capital Territory
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2010 (No 2)
Subordinate Law SL2010-39

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following regulation under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) Act 2010.
Dated 1 October 2010.
Simon Corbell
Minister
Katy Gallagher
Minister

Australian Capital Territory
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2010 (No 2)
Subordinate Law SL2010-39
made under the
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) Act 2010

    
    
Contents
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	1	Name of regulation	1
	2	Commencement	1
	3	Modification of Act, pt 3—Act, s 13 (2)	1
	4	Expiry	1
Schedule 1	Modification—Health Act 1993	2

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2010 (No 2).
2	Commencement
This regulation commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).
3	Modification of Act, pt 3—Act, s 13 (2)
The Act, part 3 applies as if the following section were inserted in division 3.1:
‘12A	Modification—Health Act 1993
	(1)	The Health Act 1993 is modified as set out in the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2010 (No 2), schedule 1.
	(2)	This section expires on the day the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (ACT) (Transitional Provisions) Regulation 2010 (No 2) expires.’
4	Expiry
This regulation expires on 1 July 2012.

Schedule 1	Modification—Health Act 1993
(see s 3)
[1.1]	New section 129A
in part 9, insert
129A	Ownership of pharmacy business
	(1)	A person must not own a pharmacy business unless the person is—
	(a)	a pharmacist; or
	(b)	a complying pharmacy corporation.
Maximum penalty:  200 penalty units.
	(2)	In this section:
medicine—see the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 2008, dictionary. 
own, for a pharmacy business, includes having a legal or beneficial interest in the pharmacy business.
pharmacy business means a business providing pharmacy services at a community pharmacy.
pharmacy services includes—
	(a)	the supply, compounding or dispensing of a medicine; and
	(b)	advice and counselling on the effective use of a medicine.

Endnotes
1	Notification
	Notified under the Legislation Act on 11 October 2010.
2	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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