Statutory Rules 1995   No. 4401

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Health Insurance Commission Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.

Dated 20 December 1995.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

CARMEN LAWRENCE

Minister for Human Services and Health

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1.   Commencement

1.1   These Regulations commence on 1 January 1996.

2.   Amendment

2.1   The Health Insurance Commission Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   Regulation 3Q (Additional functions of the Commission: Australian Childhood Immunisation Register)

3.1   Subregulation 3Q (1):

Insert the following definitions:

“ ‘building society account’ means an account:

 (a) that is maintained by a person with an organisation registered as a permanent building society under a law of a State or Territory; and

 (b) into which moneys received on deposit by the organisation from the person are paid;

‘credit union account’ means an account:

 (a) that is maintained by a person with an organisation registered as a credit union under the law of a State or Territory; and

 (b) into which moneys received on deposit from the person are paid;”.

3.2   Subregulation 3Q (3):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

 “(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) (d):

 (a) subject to this subregulation, an amount that is to be paid under that paragraph must be paid to the credit of a bank account, credit union account or building society account nominated by the recognised immunisation provider or authority; and

 (b) if that provider or authority has not nominated an account for the purposes of paragraph (a), subject to paragraphs (c) and (e), the amount is not to be paid; and

 (c) if:

 (i) an amount has not been paid because of paragraph (b); and

 (ii) the provider or authority then nominates an account for the purposes of paragraph (a);

  the amount must be paid under that paragraph; and

 (d) the Managing Director of the Commission may direct that the whole or a part of an amount that is to be paid to the provider or authority must be paid otherwise than in accordance with paragraph (a); and

 (e) if the Managing Director gives a direction under paragraph (d), the amount must be paid in accordance with the direction; and

 (f) if a payment is more than the amount that should have been paid, the Commission may, in relation to a later payment to or for the provider or authority concerned, reduce the amount paid to or for that provider or authority by an amount that does not exceed the amount of the overpayment.”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1995.

2. Statutory Rules 1975 No. 27 as amended by 1976 Nos. 21 and 146: 1982 No. 249: 1983 Nos. 88 and 152; Act No. 54, 1983; Statutory Rules 1984 No. 321; 1985 Nos. 41 and 70; 1986 No. 127; 1987 No. 165; 1989 Nos. 55, 96 and 195; 1991 No. 443; 1992 No. 241; 1993 Nos. 81, 89, 197 and 217; 1994 Nos. 102, 257, 404 and 450; 1995 Nos. 24, 286 and 375.