Health Insurance Commission Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1)1
Statutory Rules 2004 No. 1822
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, 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 24 June 2004
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
TONY ABBOTT
Minister for Health and Ageing

1	Name of Regulations
		These Regulations are the Health Insurance Commission Amendment Regulations 2004 (No. 1).
2	Commencement
		These Regulations commence on 1 July 2004.
3	Amendment of Health Insurance Commission Regulations 1975
		Schedule 1 amends the Health Insurance Commission Regulations 1975.

Schedule 1	Amendment
(regulation 3)
  
[1]	After regulation 3H
insert
3I	Additional functions of the Commission: claims for compensation under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
	(1)	For subsection 8AA (2) of the Act, the following functions are prescribed:
	(a)	to process, on behalf of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, claims for compensation under Part 2 of Chapter 6 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004; 
	(b)	to make payments in respect of those claims.
	(2)	In this regulation:
Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission means the Commission established by section 361 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.
Notes
1.	These Regulations amend 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; Statutory Rules 1998 Nos. 67, 103 and 124; 2001 Nos. 276 and 277; 2002 Nos. 142 and 253; 2003 No. 161.
2.	Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 1 July 2004.