National Health Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1971 No.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953-1971.*

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 Act 1953-1971.

Dated this twenty-eight day of October, 1971.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

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Amendments of the National Health Regulations 

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of November, 1971.

Parts.

2. Regulation 2 of the National Health Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-4).”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Part I.—Preliminary (Regulations 1-4).

“Part 1a.—Medical Services to be Rendered by Dentists (Regulation 4a.).”.

3. After Part I. of the National Health Regulations the following Part is inserted:—

“Part 1a.—Medical Services to be Rendered by Dentists.

Prescription of medical services.

“4a. A medical service specified in an item in the First Schedule to the Act that includes the symbol ‘(D)’ is a prescribed medical service for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘professional service’ in subsection (1.) of section 13 of the Act.”.

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1971.

  Statutory Rules 1954, No. 35, as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 71; 1958, No. 63; 1962, Nos. 55, 70 and 113; 1965, Nos. 17, 94 and 185; 1966, No. 99; 1967, No. 86; 1969, Nos. 91 and 220; 1970, No. 70; and Nos. 28 and 76 of 1971.

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