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1998-1999-2000
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
National
Health Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2000
No.
, 2000
(Health and Aged
Care)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
National Health Act 1953, and for related purposes
ISBN: 0642
435758
Contents
A Bill for an Act to amend the National Health Act
1953, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the National Health Amendment Act
(No. 1) 2000.
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it
receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Items 2 and 10 of Schedule 1 commence immediately before the
end of 30 June 2000.
(3) The rest of the items of Schedule 1 commence on 1 July
2000.
Subject to section 2, each Act that is specified in a Schedule to
this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the
Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
according to its terms.
(1) Before 1 January 2001 the Governor-General may make regulations
prescribing matters of a transitional or saving nature arising from the
amendments made by this Act.
(2) At any time the Governor-General may repeal regulations made under
subsection (1).
1 Subsection 84(1) (definition of
professional allowance)
Repeal the definition.
2 Subsection 90(3C)
Omit “2000”, substitute “2005”.
3 Paragraph 98B(1)(b)
Repeal the paragraph.
4 Paragraph 98B(1)(c)
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(c) if an agreement referred to in section 98BAA provides for the
Tribunal to perform functions under the agreement—those
functions.
5 Paragraph 99AAB(2)(d)
Repeal the paragraph.
6 Paragraph 99K(1)(a)
Omit all the words after “under”, substitute
“section 90”.
7 Paragraphs 99K(1)(c), (da), (db) and
(e)
Repeal the paragraphs.
8 Subsection 99L(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) The Minister must, by writing, determine the rules subject to which
the Authority is to make recommendations under subsection 99K(1).
9 Saving
A rule made under paragraph 99L(1)(a) of the National Health Act
1953 that is in force immediately before the commencement of this item is
taken to be a rule made under subsection 99L(1) of that Act (as substituted by
this Act).
10 Section 99Y
Omit “2000”, substitute “2005”.
11 Division 4C of
Part VII
Repeal the Division.
12 Application
The repeal of Division 4C of Part VII of the National Health
Act 1953 made by item 11 applies in relation to:
(a) payments of isolated pharmacy allowance and remote pharmacy allowance
in respect of periods commencing on or after 1 July 2000; and
(b) payments of professional allowance in respect of the provision of
professional services on or after 1 July 2000.
13 Subsections 105AB(10), (11A) and
(11B)
Repeal the subsections.
14 Paragraphs 105AD(2)(b), (c), (ca), (cb), (f)
and (g)
Repeal the paragraphs.
15 Paragraph 105AD(3)(a)
Omit “, 99ZA, 99ZAA or 99ZDA”.