Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT 1977 No. 75 of 1977 - SECT 9

9. Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (3) the words ''A person'' and substituting
the words ''Subject to sub-section (3AA), a person'';

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

''(3AA) Sub-section (3) does not apply in relation to a medical benefit
payable in respect of a pathology service unless the person to whom the
benefit is payable is an eligible pensioner or a dependant of an eligible
pensioner and the service was rendered in respect of the pensioner or a
dependant of the pensioner.''; and

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (3A) the words '' section 15, 16 or
        16A,'' and substituting the words '' section 15 or 16,''.