FIJI ISLANDS

HEALTH SERVICES (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 2002
ACT NO. 22 OF 2002

I assent.
[L.S.]
J.I. ULUIVUDA
President

[3 September, 2002]

AN ACT

TO AMEND CERTAIN LEGISLATION RELATING TO HEALTH SERVICES AND FOR RELATED MATTERS

ENACTED by the Parliament of the Fiji Islands

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Health Services (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2002 and commences on a date appointed by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

Amendments to the Public Health Act

2. The Public Health Act (Cap. 111) is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Amendments to the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Act

3. The Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Act (Cap. 110) is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

Amendments to regulations

4. Without prejudice to the powers conferred under the Public Health Act and the Public Hospitals and Dispensaries Act to make regulations, the regulations listed in Schedule 3 are amended as set out in that Schedule.

SCHEDULE 1
(Section 2)

AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT

Provisions	Nature of amendments	
Section 2	Insert new definition Divisional Director for Health Services means the person appointed to such position to perform the functions specified for such position;	
Section 107	Delete medical officer of health and substitute Divisional Director of Health Services	
Sections 108, 109, 114, 115, 116, 117 and 118	Delete the medical officer of health or for sanitary inspector and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services	

SCHEDULE 2
(Section 3)

AMENDMENTS TO THE PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES ACT

Provisions	Nature of amendments	
Section 2	Repeal the definition of medical officer in charge and substitute manager means the person appointed to such position to be the manager in charge for the management and supervision of a public hospital or public dispensary	
Sections 5(2) and 6(3)	Delete medical officer in charge and substitute manager	
Section 7(2)	Delete that any person and substitute by a certificate signed by the District officer that a person who is	

SCHEDULE 3
(Section 4)

CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS

Part 1 PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS 
Regulations 6(h) and 32	Delete medical officer of health and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services 	
Regulations 33, 34, 126, 129 and 140	Delete medical officer of health or sanitary inspector and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services	

Part 2 PUBLIC HEALTH (AERATED WATER, ICE AND ICE-CREAM) REGULATIONS
Regulation 13	Delete medical officer of health and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services	

Part 3 PUBLIC HEALTH (HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND REFRESHMENT BARS) REGULATIONS
Regulations 15(1) and (2)	Delete medical officer of health or sanitary inspector and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services	

Part 4 PUBLIC HEALTH (COMMON LODGING-HOUSES) REGULATIONS
Regulation 8(f)(i)	Delete medical officer of health or sanitary inspector and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services	

Part 5 PUBLIC HEALTH (COMMON LODGING-HOUSES) REGULATIONS
Regulation 16	Delete medical officer of health or sanitary inspector and substitute Divisional Director for Health Services	

Part 6 PUBLIC HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES REGULATIONS
Regulation 17	Delete Permanent Secretary and substitute officer-in-charge	
Regulation 26	Delete officer-in-charge and substitute manager	

Passed by the House of Representatives this 8th day of August, 2002.
Passed by the Senate this 22nd day of August, 2002.

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