Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Act 2007 (Cth)
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This Act may be cited as the
Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Act 2007 .
This Act commences at the same time as the
Private Health Insurance Act 2007 commences.
In this Act:
human tissue product has the same meaning as in thePrivate Health Insurance Act 2007 .
listed item means a kind of medical device, or a kind of human tissue product, that is listed in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products) Rules made under thePrivate Health Insurance Act 2007 .
medical device has the same meaning as in thePrivate Health Insurance Act 2007 .
(1) Levy is imposed for a financial year in respect of the ongoing listing of each listed item.
(2) Levy is imposed on each day specified as a levy imposition day in the Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules made under section 6.
(3) The amount of the levy imposed in respect of the ongoing listing of a listed item is the amount prescribed by the regulations.
(4) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of subsection (3) prescribing the amount of the levy for a financial year, the Minister must be satisfied that the amount is set at a level that is designed to recover no more than the Commonwealth’s likely costs in connection with the ongoing listing of all listed items for that financial year.
(1) The regulations may prescribe different amounts for the purposes of subsection 4(3) for different circumstances.
(2) Two or more amounts may be prescribed in relation to a single listed item, and a single amount may be prescribed in relation to 2 or more listed items.
(3) The regulations may prescribe an amount for the purposes of subsection 4(3) by:
(a) specifying an amount; or
(b) specifying a method for calculating the amount.
(4) The amount of a levy may be nil.
(5) The regulations may provide for exemptions from levy.
Note: Other matters relating to the levy, such as who is liable to pay, may be specified in Private Health Insurance (Levy Administration) Rules made under the
Private Health Insurance Act 2007 .6 Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make Private Health Insurance (Medical Devices and Human Tissue Products Levy) Rules, providing for matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be provided; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be provided in order to carry out or give effect to this Act.
The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed by the regulations; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
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Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Act 2007 | 33, 2007 | 30 Mar 2007 | 1 Apr 2007 (s 2) | |
Private Health Insurance (Prostheses Application and Listing Fees) Amendment (Cost Recovery) Act 2023 | 7, 2023 | 16 Mar 2023 | Sch 1: 1 July 2023 (s 2(1) item 2) | Sch 1 (item 4) |
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