Hospitals (Services Charges) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1992 (WA)

1. GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA [31 January 1992

HEALTH

2. These regulations shall come into operation on 1 February 1992.

HE301

HOSPITALS ACT 1927

HOSPITALS (SERVICES CHARGES)

AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (NO. 2) 1992

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.

Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1992. These regulations may be cited as the Hospitals (Services Charges)

Commencement

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Principal regulations

3.     In these regulations the Hospital (Services Charges) Regulations 1984*

are referred to as the principal regulations.

[* Published in the Gazette of 27 January 1984 at pp. 231-4.	For amendments to 16 January 1992, see 1990 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, pp. February, 22 March, 28 June, 18 October and 24 December 1991.1 283-4 and Gazettes of 22

Regulation 4 amended

4.     Regulation 4 of the principal regulations is amended by inserting, in the

appropriate alphabetical positions, the following definitions -

"concession card" has the same meaning as it has in Part VII

of the National Health Act;

"personal treatment entitlement card" means a personal treatment entitlement card issued under section 90 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth;

"specific treatment entitlement card" means a specific treatment entitlement card issued under section 90 of the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth;

Schedule amended

5.     The Schedule to the principal regulations is amended in Part III -

(a) in item 2-

(i)	in paragraph (a) (ii) by deleting 12.50" and substituting	the following -
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$2.60 "; and

(ii) by deleting paragraph (b) and substituting the following paragraphs -

" (b) for war service veteran out-patients -

(i)	for holders of an entitlement card . . . .	No charge
(ii)	for holders of apersonal
treatment entitlement card
or specific treatment
entitlement card . . . .	$2.60

per item

(c)	for all other out-patients -
(i) for holders of an

entitlement card.... No charge

(ii)     for holders of a

concession card $2.60 per item

(iii) for other persons ... $13.00
per item

and

(b) in item 4 by deleting "items 2 and" and substituting the following -

item

By His Excellency's Command,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Council.