Statutory Rules

1976 No. 215

REGULATIONS UNDER THE HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Dated this thirtieth day of September, 1976.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Health.

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Amendments of the Health Insurance Regulations†

Service of notice under sub-section 23b (6) of the Act.

1. Regulation 2ca of the Health Insurance Regulations is amended by omitting the words “ Director, Department of Social Security,” (wherever occurring) and substituting the words “ Director of Health ”.

Manner of referral to specialists or consultant physicians.

2. Regulation 10 of the Health Insurance Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (2) the words “ Social Security ” and substituting the word “ Health ”.

Delegation of powers.

3. Regulation 12 of the Health Insurance Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (1) (b) the words “ Social Security ” and substituting the word “ Health ”.

Schedule 1.

4. Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Regulations is amended by omitting from Forms 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 the words “ Social Security ” and substituting the word “ Health ”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 30 September 1976.

† Statutory Rules 1975, No. 80, as amended by Statutory Rules 1975, Nos. 118, 125 and 135 (commenced July 1975; disallowed 4 September 1975); and 1976, Nos. 202 and 214.