Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 75 of 1977 - SECT 39

39. Section 108 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following
        sub-section:-

''(1) The Governor-General may establish, for the purposes of this Act-

   (a)  one or more Medical Services Review Tribunals; and

   (b)  one or more Optometrical Services Review Tribunals.'';

   (b)  by inserting in sub-section (4), before the word ''Tribunal'', the
        words ''Medical Services Review'';

   (c)  by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (4) all the words after
the word ''Association'';

   (d)  by inserting after sub-section (4) the following sub-section:-

''(4A) The two members of an Optometrical Services Review Tribunal other than
the President shall be optometrists, of whom one shall be nominated by the
Minister after consultation with the Australian Optometrical Association.'';

   (e)  by inserting in sub-section (6), before the word ''Tribunal'', the
        words ''Medical Services Review''; and

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

''(7) A member of an Optometrical Services Committee of Inquiry is not
eligible for appointment as a member of an Optometrical Services Review
Tribunal.''.