Health Practitioners Tribunal Act 2010

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – applicant means a person who applies to the Tribunal under section 21; community member means a person designated under section 13 as a community member of the Tribunal for particular proceedings; Deputy President has the same meaning as in the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020; function includes duty; health profession has the same meaning as in the National Law; member of the Tribunal has the same meaning as in the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020;National Board has the same meaning as in the National Law;National Law means the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania);National Law proceedings means proceedings in relation to an application under section 21(1) or (2); notification has the same meaning as in the National Law; participating jurisdiction has the same meaning as in the National Law;President has the same meaning as in the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020; proceedings means proceedings, of the Tribunal, that relate to this Act; professional member means a person designated under section 11 as a professional member of the Tribunal for particular proceedings; referring Act means a law of Tasmania, other than the National Law or the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020, by or under which jurisdiction is conferred on the Tribunal; registered health practitioner has the same meaning as in the National Law; registrar means the Registrar, within the meaning of the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020;Secretary means the Secretary of the department that is responsible, to the Minister to whom the administration of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Tasmania) Act 2010 is assigned, in relation to the administration of that Act; senior member means a member of the Tribunal who – is assigned, under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020, to the Health Practitioners stream; and is a senior member within the meaning of that Act; and is a legally qualified member, within the meaning of that Act;State or Territory Board has the same meaning as in the National Law; student has the same meaning as in the National Law; Tribunal means the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal.

For the purposes of this Act, proceedings relate to one of the health professions if – the proceedings have begun by way of an application to the Tribunal under section 21(1) by the National Board for the health profession; or the proceedings have begun by way of an application to the Tribunal under section 21(2) in relation to a decision by the National Board for the health profession or a panel established under the National Law by that National Board.