Hospital Benefits Agreement Variation Act of 1948 (13 Geo Vi No. 12) (Qld)

. 110 HEALTH-HOSPITALS. Hospital Benefits Agreement, Etc. , Act. 13 GEO. VI. No. 12, · tcfraoofssehheoouflflsrcrnaesptnlssuttiliepiuohhcsdcancbhhieteshr, iertnpaoeiaAmggufcdsnrutraoaceapdalptfteaton, tpmearsedfsdlneroieascysrdnsniapentoiadttnseafni. h" coflpdopteinofurrfswitmeebphdsfiluacrtiiocnrehrtripiiggnboanoiusnnigsotlnaearhtogtsetiserhcienpeiepmosnsgaafanerribptnedtpaiiugticrsncsbouseudetsolluliaiccpasanrrthrictsidinsboieo, oeidnnisorannotndsgrsu1pdoe0nisrclingAhldettiei, osienornocuregnwrnelsiardthpbal1htieel0cbhatlcd.hyoeett, HIDE AND LEATHER INDUSTRIES. See MERCANTILE LA w. HOSPITALS. AA1VC3BHGT N AREGORT o NEOSEIPHE , FEAOIM 1 FET. T1 2 IEIAVT9O . NLS4NIT8. . An ActSSthtttaaeottAeeCuooofmfthQmQouuroeienesenwenstselhlaaaenlntdEhdoxfvoeaafcrnuyAtAiinougngsrteotrenhamelbieaenAhtgaabrlnefeedtomwftteehhneneet relating to Hospital Benefits ; and for other incidental purposes. [ASSENTED TO 17TH DECEMBER, 1948. ] Preamble. W as A oatSCuhnfgto c biadrh t msetjoeeea o m- Ssc f mpHpttoopaeinfE1tttnrt9awehoRtoQ4lvo: e5fEbuueat, i"neAdeslhtnaaeehSnnenuw, fdscntilhoitedaeasnenrenlrmtnrfdeteoaihb, snrr* se" eysewtdiahsf T nhottehahdiui h cnnpeur e httcencoe H eoCodeapnorn o gralemd s etred p nhielmtao i ei t tdmfo a oaiaannn l gtenyshgrwn B deitoese e tsafm n oeSwlft e Dtt f oeaht i arneho t sttc s tyeuegea- A tmrufpwuai g pvbrtnii r hnotoeet e h, vnoer e , dri m tsiaohstti e nonehhat n ddnoeeet t avuartyhAorNtishDaet W ioan H fo E ar R en E md A e S antpthipoernoCevdoaml ambgyorneetwmheeeanlPttharnblioyaw, mepsnrutobspjoeocsfetsthttooe * 10 G. 6 No. 2.

1948. · • HOSPITALS. Hospital Benefits Agreement, Etc. , . A. ct. 111, Cwinohtmoermewooiftnhiws etshaelittshoSuattantidne ottfhheethSaicgshreSeedtmautleeen, ttmoaathkciionspgAycaotn: fdthenetderrianfgt of thAisNSDtaWteHsEhRoEuAldS iatutihs odriesseiraanblde atphpartovtheethPearelniatmereinngt linasttomeanntdionmedakaignrgeemonentb- e-half of this State of such LaMsesagejiemsBsltbaeytleii, vtdeb, thayenArdaesnfbsodeyrmetwbheilentyahacuttotehhfdoerbQiyatuydtevoheifenctesKhlaeiannnsdgad' ms cMeino, onassstPefnoaEtlrlxloicoawefmlsleet: - hnnett Benef I it . s ( A 1 g .) re T em hi e s nt A V c a t ri m at a io y n b A e ct c o i f te 1 d 94 a 8 s . " " The Hospital Shor t title. A BAge c nr t eefe m( i 2 mt . a s ) e y nA T t b g h A e r i e s ce cA tm o s l , c e lte n 1 c t s 9 thi 4 A av 5 l c el t l t by oo e f c 1 rie 9 t 1 ea 94 dd 485. a " a , s " s o " anne T dw he tith H hat o*s" A pTi c th t ael a HB n o d esnpe t fi h tia i t s sl t : C i . t oi i n 'f e e s . ctt r iv uc et ion twQhhueeeer2enCo. soflmaT1; 1shm1deso, enetoxwfoeecuauttlhtthim.onato, hgfbereyAeSmcouhrseetnodrtanu, llieabaethoacanotlpdfh; irosftAohtfechtet, ShSbtetaeattdwetereaeoofntff Eh b :: e ox n ; s e p ec ; f iut itt a si l. o nnt of pQruoeveinsisolanndof vahroysipnigtalthbeenaegfirtesem(ewnhtichrelalatisntmg entotionthede H aagu o rt s eh p eo i mr ta ies l nedt B . e w ne a f s its au A t g h r o e r e i m se e d nt a A nd ct a of pp1r9ov45ed" ) biys h* " er T eb h y e Abpuecbtpluis3shbh.aleilTsdlh, heiwendhatbeghynreetee G hxme a ee z cG e nu t ott te ve , adeuarnbtnhoydorrtuiihnpseeoCdnaofbusouynreccsmhiel cebptnyuitobiPnolirnctoeawcdtloiaopmnoafarstttuiiheocsinhs, g: E.gxzrteec.utm e . td e end. t Pagarreleiammeenntt ashnadllshbaell hdaeveemfeodrcetoanbdeefafepcptraocvceodrdibnyglyt. his wdiicdbtnfhoeeeimetsPs, shppaemtdiaaSsrnhettuseleccsiinfcaophhohcmndaueoatromePfcttonfheerebrtoe, nubnucoitsiulsfpifasnsooimtibtefinnhntusaeeitsstnsnh. wisisngoee,hiensdninsswcaisesho, syihxntesotahsP, srlaialsni, ifoesrtbislneiffsenarioamooPutlnnthaaredtierndtoelhtiperaa,enbucmnntebauefelsdoxianscaritlttatlyehyttssiieiPnsiotsgnacasintarftottlsffiiheteoonarerrmgtrmhetttefoaehhhnofnyeeert, * IO G. 6 No. 2.

112 HOSPITALS. Hospital Benefits Agreement, Etc. , Act. 13 GEO. VI. No. 12, THE SCHEDULE. AGREEMENT made the day of , One thousand nine hundred and forty- , BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ( hereinafter called " the Commonwealth " ) and THitl STATE OF QUEENSLAND ( hereinafter calied " the State " ) . WHEREAS on the fourteenth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and forty-five, the Commonw.alth entered into an agreement ( hereinafter called " the principal agreement " ) with the State in pursuance of the *Hospital Benefits Act 1945 whereby the Commonwealth granted to the State financial assistance to enable it to make hospital services more fully available to the people of the State upon and subject to the terms and conditions set out in the· principal agreement : AND WHEREAS it is desired to amend the principal agreement in the manner hereinafter appearing : Now IT IS HEREBY AGREED as follows :- 1. This agreement shall not have any force or effect unless and until authorised or approved by the Parliament of the State. 2. Clause 2 of the principal agreement is amended by omitting the definitions of " public hospital, " " qualified person, " " the Commonwealth Hospital Benefit Expenditure Rate for Public Wards, " " the Commonwealth Hospital Benefit Rate for Non-Public Wards, " and " the Commonwealth Hospital Benefit Rate for Public Wards " and substituting the following definitions : - ' ' public hospital ' ' means a hospital which- ( a) is ordinarily recognized as a public hospital ; and ( b ) is in receipt of a grant for maintenance from the State, and includes a State institution used for hospital purposes and a ward in any other institution maintained or subsidized by the State which is used for hospital purposes and is for the time being approved by the Commonwealth, but does ;not include a public ward in a tuberculosis hospital within the meaning of the tTiiberculosis Act 1945 of the Common­ wealth or a public ward in any hospital or part of a hospital the maintenance expenditure of which by the State is subject to an Agreement under the tTuber­ culosis Act 1948 ; " qualified person" means a person who was ordinarily resident in Australia at the time of admission to a public hospital and is occupying a · bed for the purpose of hospital treatment and includes, where two or more children are born at one birth, any child born at that birth in excess of one, and also any newly born child except during the time the mother of that child is occupying a bed, but does not include the persons referred to in sub-clause ( 1 ) of Clause 3A hereof ; t * t NNNooo. . . 444766 ooofff 111999444855 ooofff ttthhheee CCCooommmmmmooonnnwwweeeaaalllttthhh. . .

HOSPITALS. 1948. Hospital Benefits Agreement, Etc. , Act. " the Commonwealth Hospital Benefit Rate for Non-Public Wards' ' means : - ( a) in relation to the period from the date of commence­ ment of this agreement until the thirty-first day of October, 1948,-an amount of six shillings ; ( b ) in relation to the remainder of the term of this agree­ ment-an amount of eight shillings, or such other amount as is, from time to time, agreed upon between the Commonwealth and the State ; " the Commonwealth Hospital Benefit Rate for Public Wards ' ' means : - ( a) in relation to the period from the date of commence­ ment of this agreement until the 30th day of June, 1948,-an amount of six shillings ; ( b ) in relation to the remainder of the term of this agree­ ment-an amount of eight shillings, or such other amount as is, from time to time, agreed upon between the Commonwealth and the State. 3. After Clause 3 of the Principal Agreement the following Clauses are inserted :- " 3A. - ( 1. ) The following persons shall not be " qualified persons' ' for the purposes of this agreement : - ( a) a member of the staff of the public hospital receiving treatment in his or her O} Vn quarters ; ( b ) tahpiserCsloanusteherewfherorleedoftowahsos" efheeossp"i)taalrfeeepsai( dheorreapfatyerabilne ( directly or indirectly) by the Commonwealth ; ( c) a person who has received, may receive or is entitled to receive, whether by way of damages or otherwise, the whole of his fees, or an amount representing in whole or in part the whole of his fees, under any law ( including · tohfeacoclmaimmonunladwer) ainnyfosruccehinlawth; e aSntdate, or in settlement ( d ) a person the whole of whose fees are payable by any other person under any law in force in the State. ( 2. ) In the case of a person- ( a) portion of whose fees are paid or payable ( directly or indirectly) by the Commonwealth ; ( b) who has received, may receive or is entitled to receive, whether by way of damages or otherwise, portion of his fees, or an amount representing in whole or in part portion of his fees, under any law ( including the common law) in force in the State, or in settlement of a claim under any such law ; or ( c) portion of whose fees are payable by any other person under any law in force in the State, the portion of the fees, or the portion of an amount representing fees, referred to in this sub-clause shall, for the purposes of this sub-clause, be deducted from the total hospital fees payable in 113

114 HOSPITALS. Hospital Benefits Agreement, Etc. , Act. 13 GEO, VI. No. 12, 1948. respect of the hospital treatment of that person and the number ( calculated to the nearest whole number) arrived at by dividing the remaining amount by the daily hospital fee shall be deemed to be the number of days during which that person was a qualified person for the purposes of this agreement. 3B.- ( 1. ) Where the Minister for Health of the State, or an officer authorised by him to act under this clause, considers that the question whether, having regard to the last preceding paragraph, a person is, or was during any period, a qualified person cannot be satisfactorily determined for the time being, he may, by writing under his hand, direct that that person shall not be treated as being, or shall not be treated as having been during a specified period, a qualified person, and that person shall, subject to the next succeed­ ing sub-clause, be deemed not to be at any time after the direction is given, or not to have been during the period (if any) specified in the direction, a qualified person for the purposes of this agreement. ( 2. ) The Minister for Health of the State or an officer authorised by him to act under this clause may, by writing under his hand, revoke a direction given under the last preceding sub­ clause, and thereupon- ( a) the question whether the person affected by the direction is, or was during any period, a qualified person shall be determined as if the direction so revoked had not been given ; ( b) any necessary adjustment in payments by the Common­ wealth under this agreement shall be made ; and ( c) the State shall ensure that any necessary adjustment in respect of hospital fees paid or payable by that person shall be made. ' ' 4. After Clause 6 of the principal agreement the following Clause is inserted :- " 6A. Where an agreement is entered into between the Government of the Commonwealth and the Government of another part of His Majesty' s dominions or of any foreign country providing for reciprocity in matters relating to hospital benefits, the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, on behalf of the Common­ wealth, may enter into arrangements with the Treasurer of the State, on behalf of the State, providing for hospital benefits to be made available in accordance with the terms of that agreement to residents of that part of His Majesty ' s dominions or of that foreign country who are for the time being in Australia. ' ' 5. A s from the first day of July, 1948, Clauses 8 and 9 of the principal agreement ( dealing with amounts to b'e set aside by the State for capital expenditure on public hospitals and further pay­ ments to the State) shall be deemed to have ceased to have effect, but the State shall not use any amount ( or interest) which has been set aside or should have been set aside in pursuance of the said Clauses otherwise than for capital expenditure on public hospitals as approved by the Commonwealth.

HOSPITALS-HOUSING. 12 GEO. VI. No. 43, 1948. State Housing, Etc. (Rate of Interest) , Act. 6. In all other respects the principal agreement is confirmed. IN WITNESS whereof the Prime Mimster of the Commonwealth and the Premier of the State have signed this amending agreement the day and year first above written. SIGNED by the Prime Minister of bthehe aClfomomf otnhweeaCltohmfmoornawnedalotnh} in the presence of- SIGNED by the Premier of the State for and on behalf of the State} in the presence of- 115 HOUSING. An AcCICtnoomtnteotmrrPeaisrsctostvipsoiandoyfeaibfSnolaerlertaoesmRtpheeaedcdtueQcutopiefuoenrnAssiuldnaavnntadthnetcHoeRsoua"tsTaeinnhogdef A0 T . 1 l A J . 1 l Ji , O . : . T . ! : . B . ; S ., i / 1 . A 1 a N t N . g : l " D ; E 1 s s . State Housing Acts, 1945 to 1948, " and certain other Acts and to the Workers' Homes Corporation in respect of Contracts of Sale made pursuant to " The Workers' Homes Acts, 1919 to 1934. " [ ASSENTED TO 25TH NOVEMBER, 1948. ] B E it enacted by the King' s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : - Acts 1 an . d ( 1 O . ) th T er h A is c A ts c ( t R m at a e y of be In ci t t e e re d st a ) s A " ctTohfe 1 S 9 t 4 a 8 te . " Housing Short title. A Pr c i t n s, c( 2i1p. ) 9a4lT5Ah t ci o st. A19c4t8s, " hahllerbeeinreiandtwhiisthA* c"t T re h f e er S r t e a d te t H o o a u s s t i h n e g ocfoAnscttr. uction Corp(o3r. a) tiIonn " tmhiesansAtchte dtihsesolvteedrmCorp"otrhaetiondirsesfoelrvreedd Itant.iornp. r. e­ to in section six of the Principal Act ; and the term C" otmhemiCssoiomnmcirsesaiotned" bymtehaensPritnhceipaQl uAecetn. sland Housing * 9 G. 6 No. 24 and amending Acts.