National Health (Medical Services to Pensioners) Regulations (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1950. No..

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE ACT 1948-1949.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Service Act 1948-1949.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of August, 1950.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

 

National Health (Medical Services to Pensioners) Regulations.

Citation.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Health (Medical Services to Pensioners) Regulations.

Interpretation.

2.—(1.) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—

“ dependant ”, in relation to a pensioner, means—

(a) the wife of the pensioner ;

(b) a woman who is living with the pensioner as his wife on a permanent and bona fide domestic basis, although not legally married to him, and has been so living with him for not less than three years ; or

(c) a child under the age of sixteen years in the custody, care and control of the pensioner or of the wife or husband of the pensioner ;

“ medicines ” does not include medicines which are contained in the Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Formulary prescribed under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Act 1947-1949 ;

“ pensioner ” means a person to whom, or in respect of whom, there is being paid—

(a) an age pension, an invalid pension or a widow’s pension under the Social Services Consolidation Act 1947-1949 ;

(b) a service pension under Division 5 of Part III. of the Australian Soldiers’ Repatriation Act 1920-1949; or

(c) an allowance under the Tuberculosis Act 1948 ;

“ the Director-General ” means the Director-General of Health.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1950.

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(2.) In this regulation, any reference to the wife or husband of a pensioner does not include a reference to a wife or husband who is living apart from the pensioner in pursuance, of a separation agreement in writing or of a decree, judgment or order of a court.

Prescribed medical services for pensioners.

3.—(1.) The medical services which the Director-General may provide, or arrange for the provision of, under the National Health Service Act 1948-1949 include—

(a) general medical practitioner services ; and

(b)the supply of medicines prescribed by medical practitioners in the course of those services.

(2.) The persons to whom the services referred to in the last preceding sub-regulation may be made available are pensioners and their dependants.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.