Health Insurance Commission Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1995

No. 24 1

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Health Insurance Commission Regulations 2(Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.

Dated 21 February 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

CARMEN LAWRENCE

Minister for Human Services and Health

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Health Insurance Commission Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Regulation 3M (Additional functions of the Commission in relation to pathology laboratories and specimen collection centres)  

2.1   Subparagraph 3M (1) (a) (v):

Omit “the determination of the maximum number of licensed collection centres that an approved pathology authority may operate”, substitute “the allocation to a person of a number of units of entitlement to operate licensed collection centres”.

3.   Regulation 4A (Modification of Part V of the Act)

3.1   Omit all the words before paragraph (a), substitute:

 “Part V of the Act is modified, in connection with its application to the activities of the Commission in the performance of the functions referred to in regulations 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 3G, 3H, 3J, 3K, 3L, 3M, 3N, 3P and 4:”.

3.2   Paragraph 4A (a) (inserted paragraph 32A (1) (c) of the Act):

Omit the inserted paragraph, substitute:

• “(c)

  to the performance by the Commission of the functions referred to in regulations 3, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3G, 3H, 3K, 3L, 3M, 3N and 3P of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations; or”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 28 February 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 27 as amended by 1976 Nos. 21 and 146: 1982 No. 249: 1983 Nos. 88 and 152; Act No. 54, 1983; Statutory Rules 1984 No. 321; 1985 Nos. 41 and 70; 1986 No. 127; 1987 No. 165; 1989 Nos. 55, 96 and 195; 1991 No. 443; 1992 No. 241; 1993 Nos. 81, 89, 197 and 217; 1994 Nos. 102, 257, 404 and 450.