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2004
The Parliament of
the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
Health
Insurance Amendment (100% Medicare Rebate and Other Measures) Bill
2004
No. ,
2004
(Health and
Ageing)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Health Insurance Act 1973, and for related purposes
Contents
Health Insurance Act
1973 3
Health Insurance Act
1973 4
A Bill for an Act to amend the Health Insurance Act
1973, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the Health Insurance Amendment (100% Medicare
Rebate and Other Measures) Act 2004.
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the
table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its
terms.
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by
this table |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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2. Schedule 1 |
1 January 2005. |
1 January 2005 |
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3. Schedule 2 |
The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. |
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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act
as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded
to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
(2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part
of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any
published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any
other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its
terms.
1 After paragraph 10(2)(a)
Insert:
(aa) in the case of a service to which paragraph (a) does not apply
and that is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
paragraph—an amount equal to 100% of the Schedule fee; or
2 After subsection 10(2)
Insert:
(2A) Without limiting the generality of regulations for the purposes of
paragraph (2)(aa), the regulations may prescribe services for the purposes
of that paragraph by identifying, in the table, the services
concerned.
3 Application of amendments
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to professional services begun
to be rendered on or after 1 January 2005.
1 Subsection 8(1A) (before the note at the end of
the definition of FTB(A) family)
Insert:
; or (c) if a determination for the purposes of this paragraph is in force
under section 8A—after the time specified in, or worked out in
accordance with, the determination.
2 Subsection 8(1A) (note)
Omit “A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act
1999”, substitute “A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act
1999”.
3 After section 8
Insert:
(1) The Minister may, in writing, determine that a registered family is an
FTB(A) family for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of
FTB(A) family in subsection 8(1A).
(2) The determination must specify the time, or how to work out the time,
after which the registered family is an FTB(A) family for the purposes of the
paragraph.
(3) A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument for
the purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act
1901.