Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1976 No. 59 of 1976 - SECT 6

6. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (b) of sub-section (3) and substituting the
        following paragraph:-

''(b) the second party accepts-

        (i)    the assignment; or

        (ii)   the assignment and the payment, or the promise of payment, of
               an amount not exceeding the amount by which the amount of the
               appropriate fee specified in the item to which the medical
               benefit relates exceeds the amount of the medical benefit,

in full payment of the medical expenses incurred by the first party in respect
of that professional service.''; and

   (b)  by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:-

''(3A) Where, in calculating the amount of the medical benefit referred to in
paragraph (a) of sub-section (3), the amount of the fee in relation to that
medical benefit is ascertained in accordance with section 15 or 16, the
reference in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b) of sub-section (3) to the
amount of the appropriate fee specified in the item to which that medical
benefit relates shall be read as a reference to the amount of the fee so
ascertained.''.