NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1980 NO. 292 

NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1980 NO. 292 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Commencement  
2. Accommodation allowance in respect of approved patients  
3. Accommodation allowance in respect of approved attendants and approved escorts  
4. Accommodation allowance in respect of certain escorts  


1980 No. 292 NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
Commencement


  1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1980.



1980 No. 292 NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
Accommodation allowance in respect of approved patients


  2. Regulation 7 of the National Health Regulations is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) "or" (last
occurring); and
  (b)  by inserting after paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) the following
paragraph:
     "(aa)  a medical practitioner at the place of treatment other than a
specialist or consultant physician referred to in paragraph (a) has certified
in writing under his hand-
          (i)  that he has knowledge of the condition of the approved patient
and of the treatment being given; and
         (ii)  that the approved patient should remain on that night at the
place of treatment; or".



1980 No. 292 NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT)
- REG 3
Accommodation allowance in respect of approved attendants and approved
escorts


  3. Regulation 8 of the National Health Regulations is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) "or" (last
occurring); and
  (b)  by inserting after paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (4) the following
paragraph:
     "(aa)  a medical practitioner at the place of treatment other than a
specialist or consultant physician referred to in paragraph (a) has certified
in writing under his hand-
          (i)  that he has knowledge of the condition of the approved patient
and of the treatment being given; and
         (ii)  that the person should remain on that night with the approved
patient at the place of treatment; or".



1980 No. 292 NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS  (AMENDMENT)
- REG 4
Accommodation allowance in respect of certain escorts


  4. Regulation 9 of the National Health Regulations is amended-
  (a)  by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "14 years" (wherever occurring) and
substituting "17 years";
  (b)  by omitting from sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation
(3) "or" (last occurring); and
  (c)  by adding at the end of paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (3) the
following word and sub-paragraph:
     "or; (iii)  a medical practitioner at the place of treatment other than a
specialist or consultant physician referred to in sub-paragraph (i) has
certified in writing under his hand-
           (A) that he has knowledge of the condition of the approved patient
and of the treatment being given; and
           (B) that the person should remain on that night with the approved
patient at the place of treatment.".


- NOTES


1980 No. 292 NATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS*1* *2* (AMENDMENT)



*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 September 1980.

*2* Statutory Rules 1954 No. 35 as amended to date. For previous amendments
see
Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1980 No. 84 and see also Statutory Rules 1980 No.
84.