EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Commonwealth of Australia
HEARING SERVICES PROVIDERS ACCREDITATION SCHEME AMENDMENT 2000 (No.1)
NOTES ON SECTIONS
1. Name of instrument
This section provides that this instrument may be cited as the Hearing Services Providers Accreditation Scheme Amendment 2000 (No. 1).
2. Commencement
This section provides that this instrument commence on 1 July 2000.
3. Amendment of Hearing Services Providers Accreditation Scheme 1997
This section provides that this instrument amends the Hearing Services Providers Accreditation Scheme 1997.
SCHEDULE 1 AMENDMENTS
1. Section 1
The change corrects a wording error.
2. Paragraph 6(2)(f)
The change clarifies that the financial issue that is considered in relation to accreditation is viability. This change was made because financial status was considered to be too general.
3. After subsection 6(4)
This change reinforces the requirement for hearing services providers to always provide correct information in their dealings with the Commonwealth. It ensures that compliance action can be taken should a hearing services provider be found not to have provided correct information.
4. Section 7
This change removes a section of the instrument that has become redundant due to passage of time.
5. Subsection 9(2)
The change corrects a wording error.
6. Section 10
This change adds the power to give a warning to a service provider when the Minister has determined that they are in breach of their accreditation. This change gives effect to Section 16(5) of the Act. The ability to warn instead of taking immediate action is in addition to the already existing powers to change of cancel an accreditation.
7. Section 11
The change removes a reference to the Office of Hearing Services and replaces it with a reference to the Commonwealth. The change occurred to bring the terminology in the instrument into line with the legislation on which it is based.