EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Health and Ageing
Health Insurance Act 1973
Health Insurance (Gippsland and South Eastern New South Wales Mobile MRI Service) Amendment Determination 2010
Subsection 3C(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Act) provides, in part, that the Minister may determine in writing that a health service not listed in the Diagnostic Imaging Services Table (the Table) shall, in specified circumstances and for specified statutory provisions, be treated as if it were so listed. The Table is set out in the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2009 which are remade each year.
A determination made under subsection 3C(1) of the Act is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 (see subsection 3C(4) of the Act and paragraph 6(d) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003).
The Health Insurance (Gippsland and South Eastern New South Wales Mobile MRI Service) Amendment Determination 2010 (the Amending Determination) amends the Health Insurance (Gippsland and South Eastern New South Wales Mobile MRI Service) Determination 2009 (the Determination) as the funding agreement between the Department of Health and Ageing and Regional Imaging Pty Limited has been varied.
Details of the Amending Determination are set out in the Attachment.
The Amending Determination commences the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Consultation
No consultation was undertaken in the making of the Amending Determination as the instrument is machinery in nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.
DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES BRANCH
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND AGEING
SEPTEMBER 2010
ATTACHMENT
DETAILS OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE (GIPPSLAND AND SOUTH EASTERN NEW SOUTH WALES MOBILE MRI SERVICE) AMENDMENT DETERMINATION 2010
Section 1 Name of Determination
This section provides that the name of the Amending Determination is the Health Insurance (Gippsland and South Eastern New South Wales Mobile MRI Service) Amending Determination 2010.
Section 2 Commencement
This section provides that the Amending Determination commences the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Section 3 Amendment of the Health Insurance (Gippsland and South Eastern
New South Wales Mobile MRI Service) Determination 2009
This section provides that the Schedule of the Amending Determination amends the Determination.
Schedule Amendments
Item 1 deletes the previous definition of funding agreement and inserts a new definition.