Contents
1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1
3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1
4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments 2
Part 1—Amendments commencing day after registration 2
Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2019 2
Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2019 2
Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2019 2
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 May 2020 3
Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 1) 2020 3
Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations (No. 1) 2020 3
Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2020 3
1 Name
This instrument is the Health Insurance Legislation Amendment (Bulk-billing Incentive) Regulations 2020.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this instrument not elsewhere covered by this table | The day after this instrument is registered. | 30 March 2020 |
| 2. Schedule 1, Part 1 | The day after this instrument is registered. | 30 March 2020 |
| 3. Schedule 1, Part 2 | Immediately after the commencement of the Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations (No. 1) 2020. | 1 May 2020 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Health Insurance Act 1973.
4 Schedules
Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Part 1—Amendments commencing day after registration
Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations 2019
1 Schedule 1 (item 64990, column 3)
Omit “7.05”, substitute “14.10”.
2 Schedule 1 (item 64991, column 3)
Omit “10.65”, substitute “21.30”.
Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations 2019
3 Schedule 1 (item 10990, column 3)
Omit “7.50”, substitute “15.00”.
4 Schedule 1 (items 10991 and 10992, column 3)
Omit “11.35”, substitute “22.70”.
Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2019
5 Schedule 1 (item 74990, column 3)
Omit “7.05”, substitute “14.10”.
6 Schedule 1 (item 74991, column 3)
Omit “10.65”, substitute “21.30”.
Part 2—Amendments commencing 1 May 2020
Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 1) 2020
7 Clause 2.6.2 of Schedule 1 (item 64990, column 3)
Omit “7.05”, substitute “14.10”.
8 Clause 2.6.2 of Schedule 1 (item 64991, column 3)
Omit “10.65”, substitute “21.30”.
Health Insurance (General Medical Services Table) Regulations (No. 1) 2020
9 Clause 3.2.3 of Schedule 1 (item 10990, column 3)
Omit “7.50”, substitute “15.00”.
10 Clause 3.2.3 of Schedule 1 (items 10991 and 10992, column 3)
Omit “11.35”, substitute “22.70”.
Health Insurance (Pathology Services Table) Regulations 2020
11 Clause 2.12.2 of Schedule 1 (item 74990, column 3)
Omit “7.05”, substitute “14.10”.
12 Clause 2.12.2 of Schedule 1 (item 74991, column 3)
Omit “10.65”, substitute “21.30”.