Health Insurance Commission Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1976 No. 146

REGULATIONS UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION ACT 1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.

Dated this twenty-second day of July, 1976.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

Amendments of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations

1. After regulation 2 of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations, the following regulation is inserted:—

Definitions.

“ 2a. In these Regulations—

‘ officer ’ means an officer or employee of the Commission;

‘ registered organization ’ means an organization that was, immediately before the commencement of the Act, a registered medical benefits organization or a registered hospital benefits organization within the meaning of the National Health Act 1953;

‘ the Act ’ means the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.”.

Previous employment to be taken into account.

2. After regulation 5 of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations the following regulation and Schedules are added:—

“ 6. (1) Sub-regulation (2) applies to an officer who—

(a) became an officer before 8 August 1975;

(b) ceased to be employed by a registered organization specified in Schedule 1 on or after 1 July 1975 and before 1 July 1978 and became an officer within 12 months after so ceasing to be employed by that organization; or

(c) ceased to be employed by a registered organization specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 on or after 1 July 1975 and before the date specified in relation to that organization in column 2 of Schedule 2 and became an officer within 12 months after so ceasing to be employed by that organization.

*Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 22 July 1976.

  Statutory-Rules 1975. No. 27, as amended by Statutory Rules 1976, No. 21.

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“ (2) The previous employment of an officer to whom, this sub-regulation applies in the service of a registered organization, being employment in the service of that organization that would, immediately before he ceased to be employed in the service of that organization, have been taken into account for the purposes of determining his entitlement to long service leave under the terms of his employment in the service of that organization, shall be taken into account for the purposes of section 6 of the Commonwealth Employees’ Furlough Act 1943 as if that previous employment were employment in the service of an authority of the Commonwealth.”.

SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 6 (1)

Army Health Benefits Society

Associated Pulp and Paper Makers’ Council Medical Benefits Fund

Australian Catholic Guild Friendly Society

Coals Patons Employees’ Mutual Benefit Society and Hospital and Medical Benefit Association

Commonwealth Bank Health Society

Electrolytic Zinc Employees’ Medical Union

E. R. & S. Hospital and Medical Club

Goldfields Medical Fund (Incorporated)

Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society of New South Wales

Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the State of New South Wales

Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Victoria

Latrobe Valley Hospitals and Health Services Association

Local Government Employees’ Medical and Hospital Club

Naval Health Benefits Society

Newcastle Industrial Benefits Limited

New South Wales District, No. 85, Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, Friendly Society

New South Wales Teachers’ Federation Health Society

Northern District Miners’ Medical Fund

Pemberton Medical Accident and Hospital Fund

Queensland Teachers’ Union Health Society

Queenstown Medical Union Ancillary Medical Benefits Fund

Reserve Bank Health Society

Rosebery Hospital & Medical Benefits Society

Tasmanian Government Insurance Office Medical Benefits Plan

The Hunter Medical Benefit Fund Limited

The Lysaght Hospital & Medical Club

The Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society in Queensland

The Mildura’ District Hospital & Medical Fund

The Phoenix Welfare Association Limited

The Store Hospital and Medical Fund

The Victorian District Independent Order of Rechabites Friendly Society

Tramways Benefit Society

Western District Medical Benefits Fund

SCHEDULE 2 Regulation 6 (1)

Column 1	Column 2
Name of organization	Date
Post Office Mutual Benefit Society of N.S.W………………………………………..	17 December 1975

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