Section 8 — Provision of licensable healthcare service to be licensed

(1)A person must not provide a licensable healthcare service unless the person —

(a)is authorised to do so by a licence under this Act; or

(b)is exempt from this section by or under this Act in relation to that licensable healthcare service.

(2)A person that contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a)to a fine not exceeding $100,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; but

(b)if the person has any previous qualifying conviction, to a fine not exceeding $200,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.

(3)In subsection (2), “qualifying conviction” means —

(a)a conviction for an offence under subsection (2); or

(b)a conviction (before, on or after the date of commencement of this section) for an offence under section 5(2) of the repealed Act.