Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090:section:135a:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00090
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 135A (pt 3/8)
Character Range: 587304–590166

law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of hospitals, nursing homes or similar institutions, is or are, responsible for the administration of that law or who is, or are, empowered to investigate persons in connection with contraventions of that law; or
 (g) a person or persons who, under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of practitioners, pharmacists or pharmaceutical chemists is, or are, empowered to take disciplinary action with respect to practitioners, pharmacists or pharmaceutical chemists or to investigate practitioners, pharmacists or pharmaceutical chemists in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (ga) a person or persons who, under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration of midwives, or the authorisation (however described) of persons to practise midwifery, are empowered to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to midwives; or
 (ii) investigate midwives in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (gb) a person or persons who, under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration of nurse practitioners, or the authorisation (however described) of persons to practise as nurse practitioners, are empowered to:
 (i) take disciplinary action with respect to nurse practitioners; or
 (ii) investigate nurse practitioners in connection with the taking of such disciplinary action; or
 (h) a person or persons who, under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory relating to drugs or poisons, is, or are, responsible for the administration of that law or who is, or are, empowered to investigate persons in connection with contraventions of that law; or
 (j) a director, secretary or employee of a private health insurer who is authorized by the Secretary, by instrument in writing, for the purposes of this subsection.
 (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1), where the Minister, by instrument in writing, certifies that it is desirable for such of the following purposes as the Minister specifies in the certificate, that is to say:
 (a) the administration of an Act administered by the Minister for Social Security;
 (b) the administration of an Act administered by the Veterans' Affairs Minister;
 (c) the administration of a specified law of a State or Territory, being a law that provides for the registration or licensing of hospitals, nursing homes or similar institutions;
 (d) the administration of a specified law of a State or Territory, being a law that provides for the registration or licensing of practitioners or pharmacists;
 (da) the administration of a specified law of a State or Territory, being a law that provides for the registration of midwives, or the authorisation (however described) of persons to practise midwifery; or