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Hearing Services Administration Act 1997
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Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
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C2024C00689 C13
14 October 2024
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Simplified outline
4 Definitions
5 Eligible persons
6 Crown to be bound
6A Application of the Criminal Code
7 Continuity of partnerships
8 General criteria for administration of this Act
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Part 2—Issue of vouchers to participants in the voucher system
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Division 1—Simplified outline
9 Simplified outline
Division 2—Issue of vouchers by the Minister
10 Issue of vouchers by the Minister
11 Voucher rules
12 Vouchers do not have effect before 1 July 1997
Division 3—Participants in the voucher system
13 Participants in the voucher system
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Part 3—Service providers
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Division 1—Simplified outline
14 Simplified outline
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Division 2—Accreditation
15 Accreditation of service providers
16 Conditions of accreditation
17 Rules of conduct
18 Compliance with rules of conduct
19 Disqualification for fraud, dishonesty etc.
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Division 3—Contracted service providers
20 Contracted service providers
21 Payments to contracted service providers
23 Repayments by contracted service providers
24 Recovery of overpayments etc.
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Part 4—Administration
25 Simplified outline
26 Arrangements for dealing with complaints
27 Delegation
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Part 5—Review of decisions
28 Simplified outline
29 Decisions that may be subject to reconsideration by the Minister
30 Statements to accompany notification of decisions
31 Applications for reconsideration of decisions
32 Reconsideration by the Minister
33 Deadlines for reconsiderations
34 Statements to accompany notification of decisions on reconsideration
35 Review by the Administrative Review Tribunal
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Part 6—Injunctions
36 Simplified outline
37 Injunctions
38 Interim injunctions
39 Discharge etc. of injunctions
40 Certain limits on granting injunctions not to apply
41 Other powers of the court unaffected
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Part 7—Vicarious liability
42 Simplified outline
43 Liability of corporations
44 Liability of persons other than corporations
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Part 8—Miscellaneous
45 Simplified outline
46 Application of Criminal Code
47 Treatment of partnerships
48 Giving of documents to partnerships
49 Nomination of address for service of documents
50 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
