Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health and Aged Care Measures No. 1) Regulations 2025 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health and Aged Care Measures No. 1) Regulations 2025

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 6 March 2025

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Katy Gallagher

Minister for Finance

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Health and Aged Care Measures No. 1) Regulations 2025.

2Commencement

1. (1)

   Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	7 March 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

1. (2)

   Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

1. 1

   In the appropriate position in Part 3 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

86 Grant to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation Incorporated To give effect to Australia’s obligations under the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, particularly under Article 5, by providing funding to the Alcohol and Drug Foundation Incorporated to: (a) design a vaping prevention education training package directed to sporting clubs, coaches and leaders to assist them to support young people to understand vaping‑related issues such as harms and prevention, and to promote available quit supports; and (b) deliver the training to sporting clubs, coaches and leaders.

1. 2

   In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

710	Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme	To provide financial assistance for out‑of‑pocket health care expenses to support access to necessary medical services by eligible persons who were affected by the following events: (a) the bombing in Bali on 12 October 2002; (b) the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004; (c) the bombing in London on 7 July 2005; (d) the bombing in Bali on 1 October 2005; (e) the bombing in Dahab, Egypt on 24 April 2006; as a measure for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, sickness benefits or medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution).
711	General Practice Incentive Fund Thin Markets	To improve the provision of, and access to, primary health and care support services in areas where there is limited or unstable access to health, medical, care and support service systems, including by: (a) providing and commissioning medical and health services; and (b) supporting the development and design of new or alternative delivery and funding models for health and related service systems; and (c) facilitating the coordination and integration of health care services offered for selected patient cohorts and communities; and (d) facilitating the appropriate supply of medical and health professionals to address health workforce shortages. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) for the provision of, or incidental to the provision of, sickness benefits or medical services (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (b) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under either or both of the following: (i) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; (ii) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 8, 25 and 26.
712	Intravenous Fluids Program	To increase production and supply, and to promote best practice use, of intravenous fluids in Australia by funding the following: (a) the expansion of intravenous fluids production facilities in Australia; (b) the conduct of a review into the use of intravenous fluids; (c) the development of clinical guidelines relating to the best practice use of intravenous fluids; (d) activities to support the uptake and use of those clinical guidelines; (e) the establishment of a panel of suppliers of intravenous fluids; as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12.
713	National Dementia Support Program	To provide funding for activities that support people living with dementia and that support their carers and communities to better care for them, as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under either or both of the following: (a) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2 and 12; (b) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 19 and 26.