Health Insurance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1989 No. 541

 

Health Insurance Regulations2 (Amendment)

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 Act 1973.

Dated 10 April 1989.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Neal Blewett

Minister of State for Community Services and Health

 

Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Health Insurance Regulations.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “provider number” and substituting the following definition:

“provider number” means the identification number allocated to a practitioner, an approved pathology practitioner or a participating optometrist for the purposes of the Act;”.

3. Regulation 9a of the Principal Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Allowances for witnesses at hearings before Medical Services Committee of Inquiry or Optometrical Services Committee of Inquiry

“9a. The allowances for expenses payable under section 100 or 106feof the Act in respect of the attendance of a witness at a hearing before a Medical Services Committee of Inquiry or an Optometrical Services Committee of Inquiry are the allowances ascertained by the Committee in accordance with Schedule 2.”.

 

(S.R. 74/89) Cat. No. 14/29.3.1989

 

Schedule 2

4. Schedule 2 to the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting items 1, 2 and 3 and substituting the following items:

“1. A witness attending, because of his or her professional, scientific or other special skill or knowledge, a hearing before a Committee shall be paid the allowance that the witness would be paid under the scale in the Second Schedule to the Federal Court Rules, as in force from time to time, if called before the Federal Court of Australia.

2. A witness, other than a witness referred to in item 1, attending a hearing before a Committee shall be paid the allowance that the witness would be paid under the scale in the Second Schedule to the Federal Court Rules, as in force from time to time, if called before the Federal Court of Australia.

3. A witness attending a hearing before a Committee who is remunerated in his or her occupation by wages, salary or fees shall, in addition to an allowance payable to the witness under item 1 or 2, be paid an allowance equal to the amount of wages, salary or fees lost because of the attendance.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 April 1989.

2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 8 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1989 No. 6 and see also Statutory Rules 1989 No. 6.

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