Health Insurance Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 2531

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 28 October 1983.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health

 

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 February 1984.

2. Regulation 2 of the Health Insurance Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Interpretation

“2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

‘provider number’, in relation to a practitioner, an approved pathology practitioner or a participating optometrist, means the identification number that, for administrative purposes, is allocated to the practitioner, approved pathology practitioner or participating optometrist by the Permanent Head, or a person authorized by the Permanent Head for the purposes of this definition, in respect of a particular place of practice;

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

 

S.R. 262/83 Cat. No Recommended retail price 20c 10/25.10.1983

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 October 1983.

2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 80 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1983 No. 106 and see also Statutory Rules 1983 Nos. 106 and 231.

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