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HEALTH INSURANCE REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1995 NO. 287

STATUTORY RULES 1995 No. 287

Issued by authority of the Minister for Human Services and Health

Health Insurance Act 1973

Health Insurance Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 133(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (the Principal Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purpose of the Act.

Item 1 of Schedule 1 of the Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) Amendment Act 1995, which received Royal Assent on 29 May 1995, repealed paragraph (da) of the definition of "basic private table" or "basic table" in subsection 4(1) of the National Health Act 1953. Paragraph (da) of that definition provided for the payment by registered health benefits organisations of a benefit equal to 25 per cent of the Medicare Benefits Schedule Fees for medical services rendered in hospital. These benefits are now covered by new paragraph (ea) of Schedule 1 (conditions of registration) of the National Health Act 1953.

Subregulation 13(2) of the Health Insurance Regulations, which deals with information to be included on medical practitioners' accounts, currently contains a reference to 'paragraph (da) of the definition of "basic table" or "basic private table" in subsection 4 (1) of the National Health Act 1953'. The amendment to subregulation 13(2) of the Health Insurance Regulations repealed such reference in subparagraph 13(2) and replaced it with 'paragraph (ea) of Schedule 1 to the National Health Act 1953'.

The amended Regulation commenced on Gazettal.