Statutory Rules

1977 No. 34

REGULATION UNDER THE NATIONAL HEALTH ACT 1953,*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the National Health Act 1953.

Dated this seventeenth day of March , 1977.

John R. Kerr

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Minister of State for Health.

Amendment of the National Health Regulations†

Regulation 3a of the National Health Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:—

Prescribed benefits.

“ 3a. For the purposes of the definition of ‘ “ the standard medical benefits table ” or “ the standard table ”’ in sub-section 4 (1) of the Act, each of the following amounts is a benefit in relation to registered medical benefits organizations:—

(a) in respect of a professional service any part of which is rendered on the premises of an organization that is when the service is rendered, an approved organization for the purposes of Part IV of the Health Insurance Act 1973—an amount equal to the medical benefit that would be payable under Part II of the Health Insurance Act 1973 in respect of such a service if—

(i) that service were rendered in Australia to an eligible person:

(ii) medical expenses were incurred in respect of that service; and

(iii) sub-section 17 (1) of that Act were not applicable:

(b) in respect of a professional service provided by the Capital Territory Health Commission established by the Health Commission Ordinance 1975 of the Australian Capital Territory—an amount equal to the medical benefit that would be payable under Part II of the Health Insurance Act 1973 in respect of such a service if—

(i) that service were rendered in Australia to an eligible person:

(ii) medical expenses were incurred in respect of that service; and

(iii) sections 11, 12, 13, 15, 16 and 16a and sub-section 19 (2) of that Act were not applicable.”.

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 21 March 1977.

† Statutory Rules 1954, No, 35 as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 71; 1958, No. 63; 1962, Nos. 55, 70 and 113; 1965, Nos. 17, 94 and 185; 1966, No. 99; 1967, No. 86; 1969, Nos. 91 and 220; 1970, Nos. 70 and 166; 1971, Nos. 28, 76, 163 and 138; 1972, No. 79; 1973, Nos. 17, 75, 111, 221, 225 and 267 1974, Nos. 52, 104, 105, 113 and 263; 1975, Nos. 14, 49, 66, 100, 124,165 and 207; and 1976, Nos. 113, 217 and 227.

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