Victorian Numbered Acts

NON-EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT AMENDMENT ACT 2021 (NO. 29 OF 2021)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purposes  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Principal Act  
   4.      Change of title of Act  
   5.      Amendment of purposes  
   6.      Definitions  
   7.      New section 4A inserted  

   PART 2--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NON‑EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE LICENCES

   8.      Offence to operate a non-emergency patient transport service without a licence  
   9.      Offence to claim licence holder or accreditation status  
   10.     New section 6A inserted  
   11.     Matters the Secretary must consider in deciding whether or not to grant an approval in principle  
   12.     Time limit for making decision on an application for approval in principle  
   13.     Transfer or variation of certificate of approval in principle  
   14.     Application for a non-emergency patient transport service licence  
   15.     Matters the Secretary must consider in deciding whether or not to grant a licence  
   16.     Time limit for making decision on an application for the grant of licence  
   17.     Conditions on licences  
   18.     Matters the Secretary must consider in deciding whether or not to renew a licence  
   19.     New sections 23A to 23D inserted  
   20.     Application to vary a licence  
   21.     Section 27 substituted  
   22.     Division 4 of Part 2 substituted  
   23.     Divisions 5 and 6 of Part 2 substituted  

   PART 3--AMENDMENTS RELATING TO FIRST AID SERVICES

   24.     New Part 2A inserted  

   PART 4--FURTHER AMENDMENT OF THE NON‑EMERGENCY PATIENT TRANSPORT ACT 2003

   25.     Review by VCAT  
   26.     Production of vehicles or documents for inspection  
   27.     Self-incrimination  
   28.     Offences relating to inspection  
   29.     Part 5—Infringement notices—repealed  
   30.     Substitution of heading to Part 6  
   31.     New Divisions of Part 6 inserted  
   32.     Regulations  

   PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   33.     New Part 7 inserted  

   PART 6--CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENT OF OTHER ACTS

           Division 1--Amendment of Ambulance Services Act 1986

   34.     Regulations  

           Division 2--Amendment of Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017

   35.     Meaning of commercial passenger vehicle service  

           Division 3--Amendment of Health Services Act 1988

   36.     Definitions  

           Division 4--Amendment of Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016

   37.     Definitions  

           Division 5--Amendment of Severe Substance Dependence Treatment Act 2010

   38.     Detention and treatment order  
   39.     Apprehension  

   PART 7--REPEAL OF THIS ACT

   40.     Repeal of this Act  
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