Declared Hearing Services Amendment Determination 1999 (No. 1) (Cth)

Declared Hearing Services  Amendment Determination 1999 (No. 1)

I, BRONWYN KATHLEEN BISHOP, Minister for Aged Care, make this determination under subsections 8 (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8) of the Australian Hearing Services Act 1991.

Dated 24 June 1999.

BRONWYN BISHOP

Minister for Aged Care

Declared Hearing Services  Amendment Determination 1999 (No. 1)

made under the

Australian Hearing Services Act 1991

Contents

Page

1  Name of determination   2

2  Commencement   2

3  Amendment of Declared Hearing Services Determination 1997 2

Schedule 1       Amendments  3

1. Name of determination

This determination is the Declared Hearing Services  Amendment Determination 1999 (No. 1).

1. Commencement

This determination commences on 1 July 1999.

1. Amendment of Declared Hearing Services Determination 1997

Schedule 1 amends the Declared Hearing Services Determination 1997.

Schedule 1        Amendments

(section 3)

[1]         Section 1

substitute

1              Name of determination

This determination is the Declared Hearing Services Determination 1997.

[2]         Subsection 3 (2)

substitute

(2)   Except as otherwise provided in Parts 7 and 8 of Schedule 1, a reference in that Schedule to the provision of a hearing device includes the provision of a replacement hearing device if the replacement is necessary:

(a)    on clinical grounds; or

(b)    because the device has been:

(i)    destroyed; or

(ii)    lost, and unlikely to be found; or

(iii)    damaged, and cannot be reasonably repaired.

[3]         Subsection 13 (2)

substitute

(2)   The items are:

(a)    in Part 1 of Schedule 1 — item 6; and

(b)    in Part 3 of Schedule 1 — item 5; and

(c)    in Part 7 of Schedule 1 — items 2A and 5; and

(d)    in Part 8 of Schedule 1 — item 2A.

[4]         Schedule 1, Part 7, before item 3

insert

2A.          Replacement of a hearing device:

(a)    that has been:

(i)    destroyed; or

(ii)    lost, and unlikely to be found; or

(iii)    damaged, and cannot be reasonably repaired; and

(b)    if authorised by the Authority in accordance with regulation 4A of the Australian Hearing Services Regulations 1992.

[5]         Schedule 1, Part 8, before item 3

insert

2A.          For an eligible person, replacement of a hearing device:

(a)    that has been:

(i)    destroyed; or

(ii)    lost, and unlikely to be found; or

(iii)    damaged, and cannot be reasonably repaired; and

(b)    if authorised by the Authority in accordance with regulation 4A of the Australian Hearing Services Regulations 1992.