Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL HEALTH AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1976 No. 99, 1976 - SECT 12

12. Section 73BA of the Principal Act is amended-

(a) by inserting in sub-section (1), after the words ''organization shall'',
the words '', whether the registration was effected before, or is effected
after, the commencement of this section,'';

   (b)  by omitting paragraph (i) of sub-section (1) and substituting the
        following paragraph:-

''(i) a condition that a contributor to a medical benefits fund or a hospital
benefits fund conducted by the organization, being a contributor for benefits
in accordance with the standard table, who has ceased to pay contributions
may, at any time before the expiration of a period, being a period of not less
than 2 months, specified in the rules of the organization, pay the
contributions due in respect of the period (in this sub-paragraph referred to
as the 'period in arrears') commencing on the expiration of the period in
respect of which he had paid contributions and ending not earlier than the
date on which he made the payment and that, if he does so, he is, under the
rules of the organization, to continue to be eligible for benefits in respect
of the period in arrears;''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-section (2).