Health Insurance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1977 No. 44

REGULATION UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973.*

WHEREAS it is provided by sub-section 82 (2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 that, before making any regulations for the purposes of paragraph 82 (1) (b) of that Act, the Governor-General shall take into consideration any recommendation with respect to the matters to be prescribed made to the Minister by the Australian Medical Association:

AND WHEREAS the Australian Medical Association has recommended to the Minister that certain professional services be prescribed for the purposes of that paragraph:

NOW THEREFORE I, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and after taking into consideration that recommendation made to the Minister by the Australian Medical Association, hereby make the following Regulation under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated this seventh day of April, 1977.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

 

Amendment of the Health Insurance Regulations 

After regulation 9 of the Health Insurance Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Prescribed professional services for purposes of paragraph 82 (1) (b) of the Act.

“ 9aa. Each professional service referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of ‘ professional service ’ in sub-section 3 (1) of the Act (other than such a professional service when rendered to an eligible pensioner or to a dependant of an eligible pensioner) is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 82 (1) (b) of the Act.”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 15 April 1977.

 Statutory Rules 1975, No. 80 as amended by Statutory Rules 1975, Nos. 118, 125 and 133 (commenced 3 July 1975; disallowed 4 September 1975); and 1976, Nos. 202, 214 and 215.

 

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