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AMBULANCE SERVICE LEVY ACT 1990 (NO. 7 OF 1990) - SECT 4

Interpretation

4. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—“ACT Ambulance Service” means the ambulance service established and conducted under section 6; “ambulance levy” means the levy imposed by virtue of section 7; “ambulance service” means a service relating to the rendering of first aid to, and the transport of, sick and injured persons, other than—

        (a)     a prescribed service; or

        (b)     a service included in a prescribed class of services;

“basic health benefits” means the benefits payable by a health benefits organization in accordance with the basic private table or basic table of the organization to contributors of the health benefits fund conducted by the organization;
“basic private table” or “basic table” has the same meaning in relation to a health benefits organization as it has under the National Health Act 1953 of the Commonwealth in relation to a registered health benefits organization within the meaning of that Act;
“contributor”, in relation to a health benefits fund conducted by a health benefits organization, means—

        (a)     a person who is a contributor to that fund in accordance with the rules of the organization; and

        (b)     a person on whose behalf contributions are paid to that fund;

“exempt contributions” means contributions paid into a health benefits fund conducted by a health benefits organization, by contributors included in a prescribed class of persons, for the purpose of securing entitlement to basic health benefits;
“health benefits fund” means a fund conducted by a health benefits organization from which the organization makes payments to contributors for—

        (a)     accommodation in hospitals; and

        (b)     surgical, therapeutic or other medical or health treatments, services or procedures in hospitals;

“health benefits organization” means an organization that carries on business in the Territory of providing health benefits to contributors of a health benefits fund conducted by the organization;
“organization” means a society, body or group of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate, that conducts a health benefits fund;
“reference month”, in relation to another month, means the month specified in column 2 of the Schedule opposite that other month in column 1.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, an organization is to be taken to carry on business in the Territory of providing health benefits to contributors if—

        (a)     for the purposes of, or purposes related to, the enrolment of contributors to a health benefits fund conducted by it or the payment of benefits to such contributors—

              (i)     it uses premises in the Territory; or

              (ii)     it uses, in the Territory, the services of a servant or an agent; or

        (b)     any of the contributors to a health benefits fund conducted by it are permanently resident in the Territory.


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