Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations 1991 (WA)

280 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA [25 January 1991

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HOSPITALS ACT 1927
HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES) AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1991

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Hospitals (Services Charges) Amend-
ment Regulations 1991.
Principal regulations
2. In these regulations, the Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984* are

referred to as the principal regulations.

ments to 14 January 1991 see p. 273-74 of 1989 Index to Legislation of Western (*Published in the Gazette on 27 January 1984 at pp. 231-234. For amend-

Australia and Gazettes of 12 April, 25 May, 21 June, 4 and 14 September 1990.1

Regulation 4 amended

By His Excellency's Command, M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Council.

3. Regulation 4 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation (1) by

inserting after the definition of "eligible person" the following definition-

" "entitlement card" has the same meaning as it has in Part VII of the

National Health Act; ".

Schedule amended
4. The Schedule to the principal regulations is amended in Part III by deleting

item 2 and substituting the following item-

" 2. Drugs and medication—per calendar year—

(a) for pensioners and concessional beneficiaries-

(i) for holders of an entitlement card—no charge;

(ii) for others—$2.50 per item;

(b)	for all other out-patients-
(i) Health Act applies—

for drugs and medication to which Part VII of the National (B) for other persons—$13 per item;

(ii) for other drugs and medication—each item at cost. ".