Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011 (Cth)

Australian Government

Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006

Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011

Instrument No. R21/2011

I, Warren Snowdon, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, pursuant to subsection 16(7) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006, approve this instrument made by the Repatriation Commission.

Dated this 23rd              day of                   June        2011

Warren Snowdon

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WARREN SNOWDON

The Repatriation Commission, pursuant to subsection 16(6) of the Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests (Treatment) Act 2006, varies the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (Instrument No.R30 of 2006), in accordance with the Schedule.

Dated this   20th  day of                   May               2011

Ian Campbell…………Shane Carmody……Major General Mark Kelly AO DSC

IAN CAMPBELL            SHANE CARMODY      MAJOR GENERAL MARK KELLY AO DSC

PRESIDENT                  DEPUTY PRESIDENT                          COMMISSIONER

[1]     Name of Instrument

This instrument is the Treatment Principles (Australian Participants in British Nuclear Tests) 2006 (Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for Optical Coherence Tomography) Instrument 2011

[2]     Commencement

This instrument is taken to have commenced on 1 May 2011.

Schedule

1.      Paragraph 1.4.1 (definitions)

insert:

“Optical Coherence Tomography” means the treatment comprised of a non-contact, non-invasive high resolution

imaging technique that provides cross-sectional tomographic images of the ocular microstructure through the thickness of the retina.

2.      Paragraph 3.2.1(b)

after:

Schedule

insert:

except where otherwise stated.

3.      Paragraph 4.2.5

after paragraph 4.2.5, insert:

4.2.6  Optical Coherence Tomography

4.2.7 The Commission may accept financial responsibility for Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) provided to an entitled person by an Ophthalmologist for the assessment or management of retinal disease.

Note: While OCT remains an unlisted treatment it is subject to all the requirements for an unlisted treatment except prior approval.