Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2005 (TAS)

Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2005

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Health Act 1997 .12 December 2005

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Health and Human Services

1Short titleThese regulations may be cited as the Health (Fees) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2005 . 2CommencementThese regulations take effect on 1 January 2006. 3Principal RegulationsIn these regulations, the Health (Fees) Regulations 1997 are referred to as the Principal Regulations. 4Schedule 1 amended (Fees payable for non-nursing home care in public hospitals) Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting item 4 from Part 2 and substituting:

4.  The supply of a pharmaceutical item in respect of –

(a) a patient who holds a valid Health Care Card, Health Benefits Card or Pharmaceutical Benefits Concession Card $4.70 (each item)

(b) a patient who holds a valid Pensioner Health Benefits Card and to whom or in respect of whom a benefit or allowance is paid under the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth $4.70 (each item)

(c) a patient who holds a valid Yellow Card, White Card, Lilac Card or Red Card $4.70 (each item)

(d) any other patient a maximum of $23.60 (each item)

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 21 December 2005

These regulations are administered in the Department of Health and Human Services.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the regulation) These regulations amend the