Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Health Acts Amendment Act 1981 No. 118 of 1981 - SECT 14

14. (1) Section 20C of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from paragraph (1) (a) ''eligible persons'' and
substituting ''persons to whom this section applies'';

(b) by omitting from sub-section (2) ''all persons'' and substituting ''all
persons to whom this section applies'';

   (c)  by inserting in sub-section (5) '', or such other period as is
        prescribed'', after '' 6 months''; and

   (d)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

''(8) In this section, 'persons to whom this section applies' means persons
who are eligible pensioners or disadvantaged persons.''.

(2) Notwithstanding the amendments made by sub-section (1), any agreement in
force under section 20C of the Principal Act immediately before the
commencement of this section continues in force on and after the commencement
of this section as if it had been entered into under section 20C of the
Principal Act as amended by this section.