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DENTAL BENEFITS AMENDMENT BILL 2012
2010-2011-2012
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012
No. , 2012
(Health and Ageing)
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
dental benefits, and for related purposes
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Contents
1 Short
title
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2 Commencement
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3 Schedule(s)
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Dental Benefits Act 2008
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Dental Benefits Amendment Bill 2012 No. , 2012 1
A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to
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dental benefits, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Dental Benefits Amendment Act 2012.
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2 Commencement
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This Act commences on 1 January 2014.
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3 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Dental Benefits Act 2008
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1 Section 4
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Insert:
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FTB(A) person has the meaning given by subsection 24(2).
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2 Section 22
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Omit "12", substitute "2".
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3 Section 23 (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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23 Qualification for a voucher
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4 Subsection 23(1) (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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Persons to whom this section applies
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5 Paragraphs 23(1)(a) and (b)
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Omit "12 years", substitute "2 years".
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6 Paragraph 24(1)(c)
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Omit "FTB(A) teenager", substitute "FTB(A) person".
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7 Subsection 24(2) (heading)
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Repeal the heading, substitute:
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When a person is an FTB(A) person
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8 Subsection 24(2)
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Omit "For the purposes of this section, a person (the teenager) is an
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FTB(A) teenager", substitute "A person is an FTB(A) person".
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9 Paragraph 24(2)(a)
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Amendments Schedule 1
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Omit "teenager, or the teenager's partner", substitute "person, or the
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person's partner".
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10 Paragraph 24(2)(b)
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Omit "teenager" (wherever occurring), substitute "person".
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11 Paragraph 24(2)(c)
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Omit "teenager, or the teenager's partner", substitute "person, or the
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person's partner".
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12 Paragraph 24(2)(d)
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Omit "teenager" (wherever occurring), substitute "person".
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13 Paragraph 24(2)(e)
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Omit "the teenager", substitute "the person".
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14 Paragraph 24(2)(e)
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Omit "FTB(A) teenager", substitute "FTB(A) person".
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15 Subsection 24(3) (definition of FTB recipient)
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Repeal the definition, substitute:
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FTB recipient, in relation to a person (the child), means:
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(a) a person of whom the child is an FTB child in relation to
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family tax benefit; or
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(b) an approved care organisation of which the child is a client
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(within the meaning of the A New Tax System (Family
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Assistance) Act 1999).
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16 Subsection 25(2)
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Omit "FTB(A) teenager", substitute "FTB(A) person".
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17 Subsection 62(2)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(2) Conditions, limitations or restrictions specified in the Dental
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Benefits Rules may include, but are not limited to, imposing a
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specified monetary limit on the amount of dental benefit payable in
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respect of:
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(a) a specified dental service; or
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Schedule 1 Amendments
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(b) specified dental services provided to specified eligible dental
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patients; or
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(c) specified dental services provided to specified eligible dental
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patients during specified periods.
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