Question asks about partially proclaimed Acts of Parliament under the Minister for Health's responsibility. The answer indicates that certain sections will not be proclaimed due to overlapping Commonwealth legislation.

AnsweredQoN 1431Legislative Council
Asked
18 November 2003
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Health

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(1) Are there any Acts of Parliament within your Ministerial responsibility that have only been partially proclaimed?
(2) If so, will you provide the relevant unproclaimed sections and the reasons for not proclaiming these sections?

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Answered
11 December 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
23 days
(2) These provisions were developed and drafted prior to the introduction of the Commonwealth Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 . This legislation and other legislative proposals to be undertaken by the Commonwealth in this area are now intended to cover the field and on this basis it will not be necessary to proclaim the provisions in question.

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