Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1985 No. 167 of 1985 - SECT 62

62. Section 34C of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is
substituted: Apportionment of expenditure of Commission

"34C. (1) The Minister shall, in writing, determine principles in accordance
with which there may be ascertained, in respect of expenditure of the
Commission related to the performance of 2 or more relevant functions, the
amount of that expenditure that is to be treated, for the purposes of this
Act, as expenditure wholly and exclusively related to the performance of each
of those functions.

"(2) The Commission shall, in respect of expenditure of the Commission related
to the performance of 2 or more relevant functions, ascertain, in accordance
with the principles applicable under sub-section (1), the amount of that
expenditure that is to be treated as expenditure wholly and exclusively
related to each of those functions and treat the amount so ascertained
accordingly.

"(3) For the purposes of the National Health Act 1953, an amount that is to be
treated under this section as expenditure wholly and exclusively related to
the performance of the medibank private functions of the Commission shall be
deemed to be an amount of costs incurred by the Commission in carrying on
business as a registered health benefits organisation.

"(4) In this section -
'expenditure' includes provision for expenditure;
'relevant function' means -

   (a)  the medicare functions of the Commission;

   (b)  the medibank private functions of the Commission; or

   (c)  the Australia Card functions of the Commission.".