National Health Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1986

No. 3601

National Health Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated 11 December 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

Neal Blewett

Minister of State for Health

Commencement

1. Regulations 5 and 6 shall come into operation on 1 January 1987.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the National Health Regulations.

Prescribed benefits for purposes of definition of “basic hospital benefits table” or “basic table” in sub-section 4 (1) of the Act

3. Regulation 3b of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) “section 120d of the Repatriation Act 1920”and substituting “paragraph 89 (1) (a) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986”.

4. After Part 1b of the Principal Regulations the following Part is inserted:

“PART 1c—PROVISION OF VACCINES

Prescribed disease for purposes of paragraph 9b (d) of the Act

“4c. For the purposes of paragraph 9b (d) of the Act, the following disease is prescribed, namely, hepatitis B.”.

(S.R. 326/86)—Cat. No.  10/13.10.1986

Repeal of Part II

5. Part II of the Principal Regulations is repealed.

Repeal of Schedule 3

6. Schedule 3 to the Principal Regulations is repealed.

Additional amendments

7. The Principal Regulations are amended as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULERegulation 7

ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS

1. The following provisions of the Principal Regulations are amended by omitting “Chairman” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Chairperson”:

Sub-regulation 21 (1), regulation 22, sub-regulations 23 (1), 23 (2), 23 (2a) and 23 (3).

2. The Principal Regulations are further amended as set out in the following table:

Provision amended	Omit—	Substitute—
Sub-regulation 4 (1).....................	(a) “Permanent Head”	“Secretary”
(b) “his hand”	“his or her hand”
(c) “his powers”	“his or her powers”
Sub-regulation 4 (3).....................	“Permanent Head”	“Secretary”
(a) “Permanent Head”	“Secretary”
(b) “furnish him”	“furnish the Secretary”
Sub-regulation 23 (2)....................	“he”	“the member”
Sub-regulation 23 (2a).................	“his attendance”	“his or her attendance”
Sub-regulation 23 (3)....................	(a) “his home”	“his or her home”
(b) “in connexion with his”	“by reason of”
(c) “his absence”	“that absence”
Regulation 24..............................	“his place”	“his or her place”

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 19 December 1986.

2. Statutory Rules 1954 No. 35 as amended to date. For previous amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1986 No. 47 and see also Statutory Rules 1986 Nos. 47, 53, 208, 330 and 353.

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