Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 88 of 1992 - SECT 70

70. Section 4AA of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection
(6) the following subsection:

"(6A) For the purposes of the application of paragraph (6)(b) in relation to a
day of absence during a relevant period, any days to which section 46B has
applied in relation to the patient in question during the relevant period are
to be treated as recognised days of absence of the patient (whether or not the
patient was, during any of those days, in attendance at a hospital for the
purpose of receiving hospital treatment).".