Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1978 No. 133 of 1978 - SECT 21

21. (1) After section 23D of the Principal Act the following section is
inserted in Part III: Interpretation
''23E. For the purposes of this Part (including Schedule 2), the Northern
Territory shall be regarded as a State.''.

(2) At any time after the commencement of this sub-section, the Commonwealth
may enter into an agreement with the Northern Territory under section 30 of
the Health Insurance Act 1973 as if the Northern Territory were a State, but
such an agreement shall not come into operation before the commencement of
sub-section (1).