National Health
Act 1973
No. 49 of 1973
AN ACT
To
amend section 9a of the National Health Act 1953–1972.
[Assented to 14 June 1973]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the
Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—
Short
title and citation.
1.
(1) This Act may be cited as the National Health Act 1973.
(2) The
National Health Act 1953–1972, as amended by this Act, may
be cited as the National Health Act 1953–1973.
Commencement.
2. This Act shall come into operation on 3rd July, 1973.
Hearing
aids.
3. Section 9a
of the National Health Act 1953–1972
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:—
“(4) In this section, ‘pensioner’ includes a woman
who is in receipt of a benefit under Part IVaaa
of the Social Services Act 1947–1973
or would be in receipt of such a benefit if she were not receiving vocational
training
under Part VIII of that Act, other than a woman to whom such, a benefit would
not be payable if any amendment of the Social
Services Act 1947