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ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL PROTECTION BILL 2008

                   Western Australia


Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill 2008

                      CONTENTS


1.    Short title                             2
2.    Commencement                            2
3.    Term used: Royal Perth Hospital         2
4.    Operation of Act                        2
5.    Continuation of Royal Perth Hospital    2
6.    Services to be provided                 3
7.    Development of Royal Perth Hospital     3
8.    Name of Royal Perth Hospital            3
9.    Regulations                             3




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

              (As amended during consideration in detail)


     Royal Perth Hospital Protection Bill 2008


                               A Bill for


An Act to provide for the continued operation of Royal Perth
Hospital.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     1.       Short title
              This is the Royal Perth Hospital Protection Act 2008.

     2.       Commencement
              This Act comes into operation as follows --
 5             (a) sections 1 and 2 -- on the day on which this Act
                     receives the Royal Assent;
               (b) the rest of the Act -- on the day after that day.

     3.       Term used: Royal Perth Hospital
              In this Act --
10            Royal Perth Hospital means that part of the public hospital of
              that name situated on the land being any of the following --
                (a) Lot 915 on Deposited Plan 183229, being a portion of
                      the land the subject of Certificate of Title Volume 2726
                      Folio 337;
15              (b) Lot 916 on Deposited Plan 183230, being a portion of
                      the land the subject of Certificate of Title Volume 2726
                      Folio 337;
                (c) Lot 500 on Deposited Plan 58617, being a portion of the
                      land the subject of Certificate of Title Volume 2726
20                    Folio 339.

     4.       Operation of Act
              This Act has effect despite any provision of the Hospitals and
              Health Services Act 1927.

     5.       Continuation of Royal Perth Hospital
25            Royal Perth Hospital is to continue to operate as a public
              hospital unless a resolution approving the closure of the hospital
              has been passed by each House of Parliament.



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     6.         Services to be provided
                For the purpose of maintaining Royal Perth Hospital as a
                tertiary hospital, the entity for the time being having
                management and control of Royal Perth Hospital under the
 5              Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927 is to provide the
                prescribed medical and support services at the hospital.

     7.         Development of Royal Perth Hospital
          (1)   To the extent that, because of development on the site of Royal
                Perth Hospital, it is not practicable for a part of the hospital to
10              operate or to provide a service referred to in section 6,
                sections 5 and 6 have no effect while the development is carried
                out.
          (2)   In this section --
                development means development within the meaning given in
15              the Planning and Development Act 2005 section 4.

     8.         Name of Royal Perth Hospital
                The name of Royal Perth Hospital is not to be changed unless a
                resolution approving the change has been passed by each House
                of Parliament.

20   9.         Regulations
                The Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that
                are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are
                necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for giving effect to the
                purposes of this Act.




 


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