Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsThe Governor - General may make regulations prescribing matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
• This Act sets up a scheme under which hearing services are provided to voucher - holders by contracted service providers.
• The Minister may determine that specified persons are participants in the voucher system .
• Vouchers may be issued to participants in the voucher system.
• The Minister may accredit service providers and engage accredited service providers to provide hearing services to voucher - holders.
• Vouchers may be issued to participants in the voucher system.
• The Minister may make rules relating to vouchers. The rules are to be known as the voucher rules .
• The Minister may determine that specified persons are participants in the voucher system .
• The Minister may determine that specified hearing services are available to a voucher - holder under a voucher.
• The Minister must formulate an accreditation scheme for the accreditation of entities as service providers.
• The Minister may accredit entities as service providers under the accreditation scheme. The accreditation may be subject to conditions. An entity accredited by the Minister is to be known as an accredited service provider .
• The Minister may engage an accredited service provider to provide available hearing services to voucher - holders. A service provider engaged by the Minister is to be known as a contracted service provider .
• The Minister must formulate rules of conduct that apply to contracted service providers in relation to the provision of hearing services to voucher - holders.
• The Minister must establish a complaints - handling mechanism.
• The Minister may delegate powers conferred on the Minister by this Act.
• Certain decisions of the Minister may be reviewed by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal following a process of reconsideration by the Minister.
ï‚· The Federal Court may grant injunctions in relation to contraventions of:
(a) this Act; or
(b) the voucher rules; and
(c) a condition of an accreditation; or
(d) an agreement under section 20.
• This Part deals with proof in civil proceedings of matters that involve employees, agents etc.
• The Criminal Code applies to offences against this Act.
• Partnerships are to be treated as persons for the purposes of this Act.
• Provision is made in relation to the service of documents.
• The Governor - General may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.