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PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE (NATIONAL JOINT REPLACEMENT REGISTER LEVY) AMENDMENT BILL 2015

 

 

 

2013-2014-2015 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Private Health Insurance (National Joint 

Replacement Register Levy) Amendment 

Bill 2015 

 

No.      , 2015 

 

(Health) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend the Private Health 

Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register 

Levy) Act 2009, and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

No.      , 2015 

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) 

Amendment Bill 2015 

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Contents 

Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

Schedules ........................................................................................... 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments

 

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Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) 

Act 2009

 

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No.      , 2015 

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) 

Amendment Bill 2015 

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A Bill for an Act to amend the Private Health 

Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register 

Levy) Act 2009, and for related purposes 

The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

1  Short title 

 

  This Act may be cited as the Private Health Insurance (National 

Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Act 2015

2  Commencement 

 

(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) 

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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provisions 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  The whole of 

this Act 

The day after this Act receives the Royal 

Assent. 

 

Note: 

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 

enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

this Act. 

 

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

3  Schedules 

 

  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments 

   

Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement 

Register Levy) Act 2009 

1  Title 

Omit "levy on sponsors of joint replacement prostheses", substitute 

"the national joint replacement register levy". 

2  Subsection 5(1) 

Insert: 

register means the register known as the Australian Orthopaedic 

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Association National Joint Replacement Registry. 

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3  Subsection 5(2) 

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Omit "for joint replacement prostheses", substitute "for a joint 

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replacement prosthesis". 

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4  Paragraphs 5(2)(a) and (b) 

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Omit "a joint replacement prosthesis", substitute "the joint replacement 

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prosthesis". 

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5  Subsection 5(3) 

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Omit "kinds", substitute "classes". 

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6  Subsection 6(1) 

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Omit "each sponsor for joint replacement prostheses", substitute "the 

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recording on the register of the provision of a joint replacement 

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prosthesis". 

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7  Paragraph 6(1)(b) 

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Omit "determined by the Minister, by legislative instrument,", 

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substitute "specified in a determination under section 8A". 

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8  Subsection 6(3) 

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Omit "by the Minister", substitute "under section 8A". 

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Schedule 1  Amendments 

   

 

 

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9  Subsection 7(1) (table item 1, 

column headed "is the rate 

that ...", paragraph (a)) 

After "specified in", insert ", or is calculated using the method specified 

in,". 

10  Subsection 7(1) (table item 2, 

column headed "is the rate 

that ...", paragraph (a)) 

Omit "determined by the Minister by legislative instrument", substitute 

"specified in, or is calculated using the method specified in, a 

determination under section 8A". 

11  Subsection 7(2) 

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Repeal the subsection, substitute: 

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(2)  The Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register 

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Levy) Rules, and a determination under section 8A, may: 

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(a)  specify different rates of levy, or different methods for 

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calculating the rate of levy, in relation to different classes of 

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joint replacement prostheses; and 

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(b)  specify a rate of levy of zero in relation to one or more 

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classes of joint replacement prostheses; and 

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(c)  specify a rate of levy, or a method for calculating the rate of 

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levy, that takes into account the number of times recordings 

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were made on the register of the provision of a joint 

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replacement prosthesis during a particular period. 

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(3)  Despite subsection (2), the total amount of levy for a financial year 

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for recordings on the register of the provision of a joint 

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replacement prosthesis must not exceed $5,000. 

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12  After section 7 

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Insert: 

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7A  Who must pay the national joint replacement register levy? 

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  National joint replacement register levy imposed in relation to a 

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joint replacement prosthesis is payable by the sponsor of the joint 

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replacement prosthesis. 

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Amendments  Schedule 1 

   

 

 

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13  After section 8 

Insert: 

8A  Ministerial determination 

 

  The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make a determination: 

 

(a)  specifying a supplementary national joint replacement 

register levy day for a financial year (see section 6); and 

 

(b)  specifying, or specifying a method for calculating, a rate of 

national joint replacement register levy (see section 7). 

14  Application of amendments 

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to national 

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joint replacement register levy that is imposed on a day that occurs on 

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or after the commencement of this Schedule, whether the calculation of 

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the rate of the levy is by reference to matters occurring before or after 

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that commencement. 

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