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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
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
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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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
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Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register
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Levy) Act 2009, 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 Private Health Insurance (National
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Joint Replacement Register Levy) Amendment Act 2015.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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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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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
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation 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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Amendments Schedule 1
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Schedule 1
--Amendments
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Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement
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Register Levy) Act 2009
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1 Title
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Omit "levy on sponsors of joint replacement prostheses", substitute
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"the national joint replacement register levy".
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2 Subsection 5(1)
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Insert:
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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
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that ...", paragraph (a))
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After "specified in", insert ", or is calculated using the method specified
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in,".
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10 Subsection 7(1) (table item 2,
column headed "is the rate
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that ...", paragraph (a))
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Omit "determined by the Minister by legislative instrument", substitute
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"specified in, or is calculated using the method specified in, a
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determination under section 8A".
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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
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Insert:
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8A Ministerial determination
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The Minister may, by legislative instrument, make a determination:
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(a) specifying a supplementary national joint replacement
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register levy day for a financial year (see section 6); and
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(b) specifying, or specifying a method for calculating, a rate of
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national joint replacement register levy (see section 7).
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14 Application of amendments
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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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