Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3) (Cth)

Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3)¹

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 269

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated 19 October 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Health and Ageing

1. Name of Regulations

These Regulations are the Health Insurance Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3).

1. Commencement

These Regulations commence on 1 November 2006.

1. Amendment of Health Insurance Regulations 1975

Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Regulations 1975.

Schedule 1          Amendments

(regulation 3)

[1]          Regulation 3A

substitute

3AHealth services not specified in an item (Act s 3C)

For paragraph (b) of the definition of health service in subsection 3C (8) of the Act, a service is prescribed if it is a service of a kind mentioned in the following table.

Item	Service
1	Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health
2	Audiology
3	Chiropractic
4	Diabetes education
5	Dietetics
6	Exercise physiology
7	Focussed psychological strategies
8	Mental health
9	Non‑directive pregnancy support counselling
10	Occupational therapy
11	Osteopathy
12	Physiotherapy
13	Podiatry
14	Psychological therapy
15	Psychology
16	Speech pathology

[2]          Schedule 6, item 7, third column

after

716

insert

, 717

[3]          Schedule 6, item 12, third column

before

2721

insert

2710, 2712, 2713,

[4]          Schedule 6, after item 14

insert

14AA A27 4001

[5]          Schedule 6, item 14A, third column

after

10989

insert

, 10994, 10995

Note

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