Statutory Rules 1998    No. 671
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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 17 April 1998.
	WILLIAM DEANE
	Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
MICHAEL WOOLDRIDGE
Minister for Health and Family Services
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1.   Commencement
1.1   These Regulations commence on the same day as the amendments of the Childcare Rebate Act 1993 made by item 26 of Schedule 1 to the Child Care Legislation Amendment Act 1998.
2.   Amendment
2.1   The Health Insurance Commission Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

3.   New Regulation 3R
3.1   After regulation 3Q, insert:
Use of Australian Childhood Immunisation Register for childcare rebate
	“3R.	(1)	In performing the additional functions conferred on the Commission under section 39A of the Childcare Rebate 
Act 1993, the Commission may use the information in the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register for satisfying itself about a matter mentioned in subsection 39A (3) of that Act.
	“(2)	For subregulation (1), the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register is the register of that name kept under section 46B of the Health Insurance Act 1973.”.
	
NOTES
1.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 April 1998.
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, 375 and 440; 1996 Nos. 159 and 322; 1997 Nos. 286, 332 and 396; Act No. 159, 1997.