HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973

This compilation was prepared on 30 January 2012
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 86 of 2011

The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section

The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

Contents

Part I--Preliminary 1

1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1

2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1

3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1

3AAA... Accreditation of podiatrists ............................................................... 17

3AAB... Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal .................................... 18

3AA...... Approved pathology practitioners to ensure proper supervision of pathology services 18

3B......... Meaning of medical entrepreneur ..................................................... 19

3BA...... Prescribed dental patients .................................................................. 19

3C......... Health service not specified in an item .............................................. 20

3D......... Recognition as specialists of members of certain organisations on advice from the organisation 23

3DA...... Period of section 3D recognition ....................................................... 24

3DB...... Alternative method of recognition as a specialist or consultant physician 25

3DC...... Period of effect of determination ....................................................... 25

3E.......... Recognition as consultant physicians etc. of certain medical practitioners 26

3EA....... Recognised Fellows of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners 26

3EB....... Revocation of determinations ............................................................ 27

3F.......... Vocationally registered general practitioners ..................................... 28

3G......... Removal from Register ..................................................................... 29

3GA...... Register of Approved Placements ..................................................... 30

3GB...... Removal from the Register ................................................................ 31

3GC...... Medical Training Review Panel ........................................................ 32

3H......... References to RACGP may be varied ............................................... 33

4............ General medical services table ........................................................... 33

4AAA... Multiple general medical services ...................................................... 34

4AA...... Diagnostic imaging services table ..................................................... 34

4AB...... Multiple diagnostic imaging services ................................................ 34

4A......... Pathology services table .................................................................... 35

4B......... Multiple pathology services .............................................................. 35

4BAA... Conditional specification of services in table items ........................... 36

4BA...... Pathologist-determinable services ..................................................... 36

4BB....... Prescribed pathology services ........................................................... 36

4BC....... Manner of making determinations under sections 4BA and 4BB ..... 37

6............ Certain persons in Australia to be treated as eligible persons etc. ...... 37

6A......... Certain prescribed persons in Australia to be treated as eligible persons etc. 38

7............ Agreement for reciprocal treatment of visitors to Australia and other countries 39

7A......... External Territories ............................................................................ 39

7B......... Application of the Criminal Code ..................................................... 39

Part II--Medicare benefits 40

8............ Interpretation ..................................................................................... 40

8A......... Minister may determine registered family is FTB(A) family ............. 41

9............ Medicare benefits calculated by reference to fees .............................. 41

10.......... Entitlement to Medicare benefit ......................................................... 42

10AA.... Registered families ............................................................................ 43

10AB.... Consequences of altered family composition .................................... 45

10AC.... Safety-net--families .......................................................................... 46

10ACA. Extended safety-net--families ........................................................... 48

10AD.... Safety-net--individuals ..................................................................... 52

10ADA. Extended safety-net--individuals ...................................................... 54

10AE..... Confirmation of family composition ................................................. 56

10A....... Indexation ......................................................................................... 57

10B....... Determinations for subsections 10ACA(7A) and 10ADA(8A) ....... 59

10C....... Evaluation of the caps measures ........................................................ 60

14.......... Medicare benefit not to exceed medical expenses incurred ................ 60

15.......... Medicare benefit in respect of 2 or more operations .......................... 60

16.......... Administration of anaesthetic and assistance at operation ................. 61

16A....... Medicare benefits in relation to pathology services ........................... 63

16B....... Medicare benefits in relation to R-type diagnostic imaging services . 68

16C....... Medicare benefits in relation to diagnostic imaging services rendered in contravention of State or Territory laws 75

16D....... Medicare benefits not payable for certain diagnostic imaging services: registration 75

16E........ Medicare benefit is payable once a suspension of a registration is lifted 78

16EA..... Medicare benefits not payable for certain diagnostic imaging services: accreditation 78

16F........ Medicare benefits not payable for certain radiation oncology services 79

16G....... Medicare benefit is payable once a suspension of a registration is lifted 82

17.......... Medicare benefits not payable in respect of certain medical expenses 82

18.......... Medicare benefit not payable where compensation etc. payable ........ 82

19.......... Medicare benefit not payable in respect of certain professional services 84

19A....... Medicare benefit not payable in respect of services rendered in prescribed circumstances 85

19AA.... Medicare benefits not payable in respect of services rendered by certain medical practitioners 86

19AB.... Medicare benefits not payable in respect of services rendered by certain overseas trained doctors etc. 88

19ABA. Medicare benefits not payable in respect of services rendered by doctors who breach certain contracts with the Commonwealth ................................................................................. 91

19AC.... Reconsideration and review of decisions under subsection 19AB(3) 92

19AD.... Reports by Minister .......................................................................... 93

19B....... Medicare benefit not payable in respect of services rendered by disqualified practitioners 93

19C....... Medicare benefit not payable where medical practitioner not authorised to render service 96

19CA.... Review of decisions .......................................................................... 97

19CB..... Offence in relation to a medical practitioner rendering an unauthorised service 98

19CC..... Offence in relation to a medical practitioner rendering a service covered by section 19AA, 19AB or 19ABA 99

19D....... Offences in relation to disqualification of practitioner ....................... 99

19DA.... Offence in relation to deregistered practitioner ................................ 103

19DB.... Offence where approval of premises as accredited pathology laboratory has been revoked 104

20.......... Persons entitled to medicare benefit ................................................ 104

20A....... Assignment of Medicare benefit ..................................................... 106

20AA.... Security interest must not be created in medicare benefit ................. 108

20AB.... Approved billing agents .................................................................. 109

20AC.... Revoking approvals of billing agents .............................................. 110

20AD.... Review of decisions ........................................................................ 111

20B....... Claims for medicare benefit ............................................................. 112

20BA.... Confirmation of referral to a consultant physician or specialist ....... 113

21.......... Meaning of eligible midwife ............................................................ 115

21A....... Common form of undertaking by eligible midwife ......................... 116

21B....... Undertaking by eligible midwife ..................................................... 116

21C....... Review and effect of refusal by Minister to accept undertaking by eligible midwife 118

22.......... Common form of undertaking by eligible nurse practitioner ........... 119

22A....... Undertaking by eligible nurse practitioner ....................................... 120

22B....... Review and effect of refusal by Minister to accept undertaking by eligible nurse practitioner 122

23A....... Common form of undertaking by optometrist ................................. 122

23B....... Undertaking by optometrist ............................................................. 123

23D....... Date of effect of refusal by Minister to accept undertaking by optometrist 125

23DAA. Review of refusal by Minister to accept undertaking by optometrist 126

Part IIA--Special provisions relating to pathology 127

Division 1--Preliminary 127

23DA.... Interpretation ................................................................................... 127

23DB.... Forms of undertaking ...................................................................... 129

23DBA. Categories of eligible pathology laboratories ................................... 131

Division 2--Approved pathology practitioners and approved pathology authorities 132

23DC.... Giving an acceptance of approved pathology practitioner undertaking 132

23DD.... Period of effect of approved pathology practitioner undertaking ..... 136

23DDA. Backdated undertakings .................................................................. 137

23DE..... Approved pathology practitioner may terminate undertaking .......... 138

23DF..... Giving an acceptance of approved pathology authority undertaking 138

23DG.... Period of effect of approved pathology authority undertaking ........ 143

23DGA. Backdated undertakings .................................................................. 144

23DH.... Approved pathology authority may terminate undertaking .............. 145

23DK.... Request forms and confirmation forms ........................................... 145

23DKA. Other records of pathology services ................................................ 148

Division 3--Breaches of undertakings and initiation of excessive pathology services 151

23DL..... Breaches of undertakings by approved pathology practitioners and approved pathology authorities 151

Division 4--Accredited pathology laboratories 154

23DN.... Accredited pathology laboratories ................................................... 154

23DNA. Determination of principles for accreditation as pathology laboratory or revocation or variation of accreditation 156

23DNAAA Backdated approvals ................................................................. 156

Division 4A--Specimen collection centres 158

23DNBA Grant of approval for collection centre ......................................... 158

23DNBB Identification number .................................................................... 159

23DNG. Revocation of approval ................................................................... 159

23DNH. Cancellation of approval .................................................................. 160

23DNI... Partial refund of tax for early cancellation of approval .................... 160

23DNJ.. Inspection of specimen collection centres ........................................ 160

23DNK. Notice that specimen collection centre is approved .......................... 161

23DNL.. Offence in relation to unapproved specimen collection centres ....... 161

Division 5--Miscellaneous 163

23DO.... Review of decisions ........................................................................ 163

23DP..... Offences in relation to request forms and confirmation forms ........ 165

Part IIB--Special provisions relating to diagnostic imaging services 167

Division 1--Requests for, and records relating to, diagnostic imaging services 167

23DQ.... Form etc. of requests ....................................................................... 167

23DR.... Retention of requests etc. ................................................................ 168

23DS..... Other records of diagnostic imaging services .................................. 169

Division 1A--Continuing medical education and quality assurance in respect of providers of diagnostic imaging services 171

23DSA.. Definitions ...................................................................................... 171

23DSB.. Approval of program ...................................................................... 171

23DSC.. Registration of participants in approved program ............................ 171

23DSD.. Deregistration .................................................................................. 173

Division 2--Remote area exemptions 174

23DT..... Interpretation ................................................................................... 174

23DU.... Remote areas ................................................................................... 174

23DV.... Application for remote area exemption ............................................ 174

23DW... Request for further information ....................................................... 174

23DX.... Grant of remote area exemption--provision of services where requirements of subsection 16B(1) are not met 175

23DXA. Grant of remote area exemption--stationing diagnostic imaging equipment and employees at the premises of another practitioner ...................................................................................... 175

23DY.... Restrictions on remote area exemptions under section 23DX ......... 175

23DYA. Restrictions on remote area exemptions under section
23DXA ........................................................................................... 176

23DZ..... Refusal of application ...................................................................... 177

23DZA.. Commencement and duration of remote area exemption ................. 178

23DZB.. Renewal of remote area exemption .................................................. 178

23DZC.. Revocation of remote area exemption .............................................. 178

23DZD.. Review of decisions ........................................................................ 180

23DZE.. Statements to accompany notification of decisions .......................... 180

Division 4--Diagnostic Imaging Register 182

23DZK.. Diagnostic Imaging Register ........................................................... 182

23DZL.. What is a base for mobile diagnostic imaging equipment? ............. 182

23DZM. What are diagnostic imaging premises? .......................................... 182

23DZN.. Who may apply for registration? ..................................................... 183

23DZO.. Who is a proprietor? ....................................................................... 183

23DZP.. Application procedure ..................................................................... 184

23DZQ.. Registration ..................................................................................... 184

23DZR.. Primary information ........................................................................ 185

23DZS.. Register may be maintained electronically ....................................... 186

23DZT.. Extract of the Register to be made available on request ................... 186

23DZU.. Minister may publish an extract of the Register on the internet ....... 186

23DZV.. Proprietors to notify the Minister of changes to primary information 187

23DZW. Minister may request further information ........................................ 187

23DZX.. Suspension for failure to comply with a request ............................. 188

23DZY.. Cancellation for failure to provide information within 3 months after the response period 188

23DZZ.. Cancellation at the request of the proprietor .................................... 189

23DZZA Cancellation on other grounds ....................................................... 189

23DZZB Cancellation to be noted on the Register .......................................... 189

23DZZC Limits on registration after cancellation under section 23DZY or 23DZZA 190

23DZZD Minister must invite submissions before cancelling registration .... 190

23DZZE Application to Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision to cancel registration 191

23DZZF Proprietor of unregistered premises must notify patients that medicare benefit not payable 191

23DZZG Proprietor of unregistered base must notify patients that medicare benefit not payable 192

23DZZH Debt recovery where proprietor fails to inform patient that premises or base not registered 192

23DZZI. Application of this Division to partnerships .................................... 193

Division 5--Diagnostic imaging accreditation 195

23DZZIAA Diagnostic imaging accreditation ............................................... 195

23DZZIAB Diagnostic Imaging Register to include accreditation
status ............................................................................................... 196

23DZZIAC Reconsideration of accreditation decisions ................................ 197

23DZZIAD Reconsideration by Minister of accreditation decisions ............. 197

23DZZIAE Proprietor of unaccredited premises or base must notify patients that medicare benefit not payable 198

23DZZIAF Debt recovery if proprietor fails to inform patient that premises or base not accredited 199

23DZZIAG Application of this Division to partnerships .............................. 201

Part IIBA--Prohibited practices in relation to pathology services and diagnostic imaging services 202

Division 1--Preliminary 202

23DZZIA Objects of Part ............................................................................. 202

23DZZIB Simplified outline ......................................................................... 202

23DZZIC Crown to be bound ....................................................................... 203

23DZZID Definitions ................................................................................... 204

23DZZIE Meaning of requester and provider .............................................. 205

23DZZIF Meaning of permitted benefit ........................................................ 207

23DZZIG Ministerial determinations of permitted benefits ........................... 210

23DZZIH Establishing whether an executive officer took reasonable steps to prevent commission of offence or contravention of civil penalty ..................................................................................... 210

Division 2--Civil penalty provisions involving requesters, providers and connected persons 211

Subdivision A--Preliminary 211

23DZZII Simplified outline ............................................................................ 211

23DZZIJ Meaning of connected ................................................................... 212

Subdivision B--Civil penalty provisions 213

23DZZIK Requester civil penalty provisions--asking for or accepting prohibited benefits 213

23DZZIL Provider civil penalty provisions--offering or providing prohibited benefits 215

23DZZIM Provider civil penalty provisions--making threats ...................... 216

23DZZIN Application of this Division to an executive officer of a body corporate 218

Division 3--Offences involving requesters, providers and others 219

23DZZIO Simplified outline ......................................................................... 219

23DZZIP Extended geographical jurisdiction--category A .......................... 219

23DZZIQ Requester offences--asking for or accepting prohibited benefits . 220

23DZZIR General and provider offences--offering or providing prohibited benefits 222

23DZZIS General and provider offences--making threats ........................... 223

23DZZIT Application of this Division to an executive officer of a body corporate 224

23DZZIU Division not limited by Division 2 ............................................... 224

Part IIC--Radiation Oncology Register 226

23DZZJ. Radiation Oncology Register .......................................................... 226

23DZZK What is a base for mobile radiation oncology equipment? .............. 226

23DZZL What are radiation oncology premises? .......................................... 226

23DZZM Who may apply for registration? ................................................... 226

23DZZN Who is a proprietor? ..................................................................... 227

23DZZO Application procedure ................................................................... 228

23DZZP Registration ..................................................................................... 228

23DZZQ Primary information ...................................................................... 229

23DZZR Register may be maintained electronically ....................................... 230

23DZZS Extract of the Register to be made available on request ................... 230

23DZZT Minister may publish an extract of the Register on the internet ....... 230

23DZZU Proprietors to notify the Minister of changes to primary information 231

23DZZV Minister may request further information ...................................... 231

23DZZW Suspension for failure to comply with a request ........................... 231

23DZZX Cancellation for failure to provide information within 3 months after the response period 232

23DZZY Cancellation at the request of the proprietor ................................... 232

23DZZZ Cancellation on other grounds ......................................................... 233

23DZZZA Cancellation to be noted on the Register ...................................... 233

23DZZZB Limits on registration after cancellation under section 23DZZX or 23DZZZ 233

23DZZZC Minister must invite submissions before cancelling registration .. 234

23DZZZD Application to Administrative Appeals Tribunal for review of a decision to cancel registration 234

23DZZZE Proprietor of unregistered premises must notify patients that medicare benefit not payable 235

23DZZZF Proprietor of unregistered base must notify patients that medicare benefit not payable 235

23DZZZG Debt recovery where proprietor fails to inform patient that premises or base not registered 236

23DZZZH Application of this Part to partnerships ....................................... 237

Part IV--Health program grants 238

39.......... Interpretation ................................................................................... 238

40.......... Approval of organizations ............................................................... 238

41.......... Approval of health services ............................................................. 239

41A....... Approval of health service development projects ............................ 239

42.......... Entitlement to health program grant [see Note 2] ............................ 240

42A....... Entitlement to grant in respect of approved project .......................... 240

42B....... Grants in respect of certain payments made by approved organizations 240

43.......... Conditions of payment of grants ..................................................... 241

45.......... Claims for grants ............................................................................. 241

46.......... Advances ........................................................................................ 242

Part IVA--Australian Childhood Immunisation Register 243

46A....... Definitions ...................................................................................... 243

46B....... Chief Executive Medicare's functions in relation to the Register .... 245

46C....... How Register is to be kept .............................................................. 246

46D....... Provisions relating to making of payments ..................................... 246

46E........ Powers of Chief Executive Medicare .............................................. 247

Part V--Committees 250

Division 2--Medicare Benefits Advisory Committee 250

65.......... Interpretation ................................................................................... 250

66.......... Medicare Benefits Advisory Committee ......................................... 250

67.......... Functions of Committee .................................................................. 251

68.......... Election of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson ........................... 252

69.......... Exercise of powers and functions of Chairperson by Deputy Chairperson 253

70.......... Appointment of person to act in place of member ........................... 253

71.......... Termination of appointment ............................................................ 254

72.......... Resignation of members .................................................................. 254

73.......... Appointment to vacant office .......................................................... 254

74.......... Remuneration and allowances ......................................................... 254

75.......... Meetings of Committee ................................................................... 254

76.......... Proceedings at meetings .................................................................. 255

77.......... Committee may inform itself in any manner .................................... 255

78.......... Chairperson may engage consultants .............................................. 255

Division 4--Other Committees 256

79.......... Other Committees ........................................................................... 256

Part VAA--The Professional Services Review Scheme 257

Division 1--Preliminary 257

79A....... Object of this Part ........................................................................... 257

80.......... Main features of the Professional Services Review Scheme ........... 257

80A....... Additional operation of this Part ..................................................... 258

81.......... Definitions ...................................................................................... 259

82.......... Definitions of inappropriate practice ............................................... 262

Division 2--The Director of Professional Services Review and the Professional Services Review Panel 264

83.......... The Director of Professional Services Review ................................ 264

84.......... The Professional Services Review Panel ........................................ 264

85.......... Deputy Directors of Professional Services Review ........................ 264

Division 3--Chief Executive Medicare may request review 266

86.......... Chief Executive Medicare may request Director to review provision of services 266

87.......... Chief Executive Medicare must notify person of request ................ 266

Division 3A--Review by Director 267

88.......... Director may request further information ........................................ 267

88A....... Director must decide whether to review .......................................... 267

88B....... Scope of Director's review ............................................................. 268

89.......... When Director must review ............................................................ 268

89A....... Director may refer material to Chief Executive Medicare if relevant offence or relevant civil contravention is suspected ........................................................................................................ 268

89B....... Power of Director to require the production of documents or the giving of information 269

89C....... Director's action following review .................................................. 270

90.......... Director may consult on decisions .................................................. 271

91.......... Decision to take no further action .................................................... 271

92.......... Agreement entered into between Director and person under review 271

92A....... If agreement is not ratified ............................................................... 274

93.......... Referral to a Committee ................................................................... 275

94.......... Director taken to have made a decision after 12 months .................. 276

Division 4--Professional Services Review Committees 278

Subdivision A--Constitution of Committees 278

95.......... Constitution of Committees ............................................................. 278

96.......... Challenging appointments to Committees ....................................... 279

96A....... If Committee members are unavailable ............................................ 280

Subdivision B--Proceedings of Committees 280

97.......... Meetings ......................................................................................... 280

98.......... Conduct of meetings ....................................................................... 281

99.......... Other procedural matters relating to meetings ................................. 281

101........ Hearings .......................................................................................... 282

102........ Notice of hearings ........................................................................... 282

103........ Rights of persons under review at hearings .................................... 282

104........ Consequences of failing to appear, give evidence or answer a question when required 283

105........ Disqualification for failing to appear, give evidence or answer a question when required 285

105A..... Power of Committee to require the production of documents or the giving of information 285

106........ Conduct of hearings ........................................................................ 287

106A..... Evidence at hearings ........................................................................ 287

106B..... Summons to give evidence etc. ....................................................... 287

106C..... Allowances for witnesses at hearings ............................................. 287

106D..... Failure to attend ............................................................................... 288

106E...... Refusal to be sworn or to answer questions .................................... 288

106EA... Contempt of Committee .................................................................. 289

106F...... Protection of Committee members, representatives and witnesses at hearings 289

Subdivision C--Action to be taken by Committees 290

106G..... Application of Subdivision ............................................................. 290

106H..... Committee findings, scope of investigation etc. .............................. 291

106J...... Committee may request Director's review ...................................... 292

106K..... Committee may have regard to samples of services ........................ 293

106KA.. Patterns of services ......................................................................... 293

106KB... Generic findings of inappropriate practice ....................................... 294

106KC... Notification by Committee to Director of matters of concern to profession 295

106KD.. Preparation of draft report ............................................................... 296

106KE... Draft report contains no finding of inappropriate practice ............... 296

106L...... Final report of Committee ............................................................... 297

106M.... Referral of matter to a regulatory body to be mentioned in Committee's report 298

106N..... Committee may refer material to Chief Executive Medicare if relevant offence or relevant civil contravention is suspected ........................................................................................................ 299

Division 5--Determinations by the Determining Authority 300

106Q..... The Determining Authority ............................................................. 300

106R..... Agreements sent to Authority for ratification .................................. 300

106S...... Director may give Determining Authority information ................... 300

106SA... Authority to invite submissions before making a draft determination 301

106T...... Draft determination ......................................................................... 301

106TA... Final determination .......................................................................... 302

106U..... Content of draft and final determinations ........................................ 302

106UAA Referral of matter by Determining Authority to a regulatory body not to be taken into account by the Authority in making draft or final determinations ................................................ 305

106UA.. Notification of final determination before it takes effect .................. 305

106V..... When final determinations take effect .............................................. 305

106W.... Notification of final determination ................................................... 306

106X..... Notification of the Chairperson of Medicare Participation Review Committees 306

Division 5A--Referral of professional issues to regulatory and other bodies 308

106XA.. Referring to an appropriate regulatory body any significant threat to life or health 308

106XB.. Referring to appropriate regulatory body any non-compliance by a practitioner with professional standards 309

Division 6--Provisions relating to the Director, Panel members, staff and consultants, the Determining Authority and the provision of services to a Committee or the Authority 311

Subdivision A--The Director 311

106Y..... Term of office ................................................................................. 311

106Z...... Director's terms and conditions of appointment .............................. 311

106ZA... Outside employment ....................................................................... 311

106ZB... Leave of absence ............................................................................. 311

106ZC... Resignation ..................................................................................... 312

106ZD... Termination of the Director's appointment ...................................... 312

106ZE... Acting appointments ....................................................................... 312

106ZF... Remuneration and allowances ......................................................... 313

Subdivision B--Panel members 313

106ZG... Term of office ................................................................................. 313

106ZH... Panel member's terms and conditions of appointment .................... 313

106ZI.... Outside employment ....................................................................... 313

106ZJ.... Resignation ..................................................................................... 313

106ZK... Termination of a Panel member's appointment ............................... 314

106ZL... Remuneration and allowances ......................................................... 314

Subdivision C--Staff and consultants 314

106ZM.. Staff ................................................................................................ 314

106ZN... Arrangements with other Commonwealth bodies ........................... 315

106ZP... Engagement of consultants .............................................................. 315

Subdivision D--Provisions relating to Determining Authority 315

106ZPA Constitution of Determining Authority ........................................... 315

106ZPB. Appointment of members of the Authority ..................................... 316

106ZPC. Term of office ................................................................................. 317

106ZPD Terms and conditions of appointment ............................................. 317

106ZPE. Outside employment ....................................................................... 317

106ZPF. Resignation ..................................................................................... 317

106ZPG Termination of appointment ............................................................ 317

106ZPH Acting appointments ....................................................................... 318

106ZPI.. Remuneration and allowances ......................................................... 318

106ZPJ.. Protection of members of the Authority .......................................... 319

106ZPK. Meetings of the Determining Authority .......................................... 319

Subdivision E--Provision of services to a Committee and the Determining Authority 320

106ZPL. Director to arrange for provision of services ................................... 320

Division 7--Miscellaneous 322

106ZPM Failure of person under review to produce documents or give information 322

106ZPN Failure by person other than person under review to produce documents or give information 323

106ZPO False or misleading answers ........................................................... 323

106ZPP. False or misleading documents ....................................................... 323

106ZPQ No privilege against self-incrimination ............................................ 324

106ZPR. Publication of particulars of reports and determinations .................. 324

106ZQ... Annual report .................................................................................. 325

106ZR... Disclosure of Committee deliberations etc. ..................................... 325

Part VB--Medicare Participation Review Committees 326

124B..... Interpretation ................................................................................... 326

124BA.. Application of Part to providers who are not practitioners .............. 328

124C..... Chairpersons ................................................................................... 329

124D..... Chairperson etc. to be notified if practitioner convicted of relevant offence or civil contravention 329

124E...... Chairperson to establish Medicare Participation Review Committee 331

124EA... Membership of Committees ............................................................ 332

124EB... Qualification of members ................................................................ 333

124EC... Provision of information to the person in relation to whom a Committee is convened 334

124F...... Determinations in relation to relevant offences and relevant civil contraventions 334

124FA... Committee may add parties to proceedings in relation to breach of undertaking by approved pathology practitioner or approved pathology authority .......................................................... 337

124FAA Determinations in relation to excessive servicing etc. ...................... 338

124FB... Determinations in relation to breach of undertaking by approved pathology practitioner 338

124FC... Determinations in relation to breach of undertaking by approved pathology authority 340

124FD... Committee may be established and proceedings may continue after undertaking ceases to be in force 341

124FE... Committee may add parties to proceedings in relation to pathology and diagnostic imaging offences and
contraventions ................................................................................. 342

124FF... Determinations in relation to pathology and diagnostic imaging offences and contraventions 343

124G..... Hearings .......................................................................................... 345

124H..... Guidelines relating to making a determination ................................. 345

124J...... Procedure of hearings ..................................................................... 346

124K..... Hearings to be in public except in special circumstances ................. 349

124L...... Summons to give evidence etc. ....................................................... 349

124M.... Refusal to be sworn etc. .................................................................. 350

124N..... Protection of members of Committees etc. ...................................... 350

124P...... Contempt ......................................................................................... 351

124Q..... Chairperson to give notice of determinations by Committee ........... 351

124R..... Review by Administrative Appeals Tribunal .................................. 352

124S...... Giving effect to determinations ....................................................... 352

124T...... Chairperson to abolish Committee .................................................. 353

124U..... Fees and allowances ........................................................................ 354

Part VC--Quality assurance confidentiality 355

124V..... Object of this Part ........................................................................... 355

124W.... Interpretation ................................................................................... 355

124X..... Minister may declare quality assurance activity to be an activity to which this Part applies 357

124Y..... Information about declared quality assurance activity not to be disclosed 358

124Z...... Minister may authorise disclosure of information about a serious offence 359

124ZA... Declarations to be disallowable instruments .................................... 359

124ZB... Immunity from suit of members of assessment or evaluation committees 359

124ZC... This Part is to complement corresponding State and Territory laws 360

Part VI--Finance 361

125........ Payments by the Commonwealth .................................................... 361

Part VIA--Civil penalties 362

Division 1--Obtaining an order for a civil penalty 362

125A..... Federal Court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty for contravening civil penalty provision 362

125B..... What is a civil penalty provision? .................................................... 363

125C..... Persons involved in contravening civil penalty provision ............... 363

125D..... Recovery of a pecuniary penalty ..................................................... 363

Division 2--Civil penalty proceedings and criminal proceedings 364

125E...... Civil proceedings after criminal proceedings ................................... 364

125F...... Criminal proceedings during civil proceedings ............................... 364

125G..... Criminal proceedings after civil proceedings ................................... 364

125H..... Evidence given in proceedings for civil penalty not admissible in criminal proceedings 364

Part VII--Miscellaneous 366

126........ Prohibition of certain medical insurance .......................................... 366

127........ Assignor of medicare benefit to be given copy of assignment etc. .. 367

128........ Offences in relation to returns ......................................................... 368

128A..... False statements relating to medicare benefits etc. ........................... 368

128B..... Knowingly making false statements relating to medicare benefits etc. 370

128C..... Charging of fees for provision of public hospital services to public patients 371

129........ False statements etc. ........................................................................ 371

129AA.. Private hospitals--bribery ............................................................... 372

129AAB Offences against 2 or more provisions .......................................... 373

129AAC Statements inadmissible as evidence .............................................. 374

129AAD Notice to produce documents ........................................................ 374

129AAE Civil penalty--failure to comply with requirement in notice ........... 378

129AAF Self-incrimination etc. ..................................................................... 378

129AAG CEO or employee of Medicare Australia may deal with documents etc. produced [see Note 4] 379

129AAH Notice of decision: no amount recoverable because amounts paid substantiated etc. 380

129AAI. Notice of decision: amounts recoverable ......................................... 381

129AAJ Review of decisions to claim amounts as debts ............................... 381

129AC.. Recovery of amounts overpaid etc. and administrative penalties ..... 382

129AD.. Recovery of amounts ...................................................................... 386

129AE... Recovery of amounts paid in respect of certain diagnostic imaging services 386

129AEA Liability for administrative penalty .................................................. 386

129AEB Amount of administrative penalty ................................................... 388

129AEC Notice of administrative penalty ...................................................... 391

129AF... State and Territory authorities to be notified of contraventions of certain laws 392

129A..... Special arrangements for optometrical services ............................... 392

130........ Officers to observe secrecy ............................................................. 392

130AA.. Prosecution of offences ................................................................... 404

130G..... Evidence .......................................................................................... 404

131........ Delegation ....................................................................................... 405

132........ Evidence .......................................................................................... 406

133........ Regulations ..................................................................................... 406

Notes 409

An Act providing for Payments by way of Medical Benefits and Payments for Hospital Services and for other purposes

Notes to the Health Insurance Act 1973

Note 1

The Health Insurance Act 1973 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 42, 1974 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

For application, saving or transitional provisions made by the Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007, see Act No. 32, 2007.

All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions prior to 8 November 1996 is not included in this compilation. For subsequent information see Table A.

The Health Legislation (Claims for Commonwealth Medical Benefits) Regulations (Statutory Rules 1984 No. 474) modified the Health Insurance Act 1973 for the purposes of subsection 134(1) of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1983. The modifications are not incorporated in this compilation.

Table of Acts

Act	Number and year	Date of Assent	Date of commencement	Application, saving or transitional provisions
Health Insurance Act 1973	42, 1974	8 Aug 1974	8 Aug 1974
Health Insurance Act 1975	58, 1975	19 June 1975	19 June 1975	S. 20
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1976	59, 1976	5 June 1976	Ss. 1, 2, 10 and 13: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Oct 1976	Ss. 8(2) and 9(2)
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976	91, 1976	20 Sept 1976	S. 3: (a)	S. 4
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1976	101, 1976	29 Sept 1976	Ss. 1, 2, 5, 11 and 13: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Oct 1976	Ss. 12-14
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 3) 1976	109, 1976	29 Oct 1976	25 Nov 1976	Ss. 4 and 5
Federal Court of Australia (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976	157, 1976	9 Dec 1976	1 Feb 1977 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1977, No. S3)	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1977	75, 1977	16 June 1977	Ss. 6(1) and 9: 1 Aug 1977 (see Gazette 1977, No. S152, p. 2) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 51
Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1978	36, 1978	12 June 1978	12 June 1978	S. 8
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1978	89, 1978	22 June 1978	Ss. 3-6 and 10: 1 July 1978 Ss. 7 and 9: (b) Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 9(2), 10(2) and 13
as amended by
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978	133, 1978	31 Oct 1978	(see 133, 1978 below)	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978	133, 1978	31 Oct 1978	Ss. 1, 2, 3(1)(e), 3(2), 21(2), 22, 42 and 44: Royal Assent Ss. 21(1), 23 and 24(a): 1 Jan 1979 (see Gazette 1978, No. S296) Remainder: 1 Nov 1978	Ss. 3(2), 6(2), 10(2), 11(2)-(4), 19(2), 20(2), 21(2), 27(2) and 42 S. 43 (rep. by 53, 1979, s. 11)
as amended by
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1979	53, 1979	14 June 1979	(see 53, 1979 below)	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1979	53, 1979	14 June 1979	Ss. 5-7: 1 Sept 1979 S. 9 and Part III (ss. 11, 12): 1 July 1979 Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 5(2) and 13-15
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1979	123, 1979	29 Oct 1979	1 Nov 1979	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1980	132, 1980	19 Sept 1980	S. 3(2): 1 Nov 1980 Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 5(2)
Health Acts Amendment Act 1981	118, 1981	25 June 1981	Ss. 1-3, 20, 24-31, 33 and 34: Royal Assent Ss. 4(1), 6, 37 and 41: 3 Aug 1981 Ss. 48 and 51-54: 1 Jan 1981 Part V (ss. 81-97): 1 Apr 1982 (see Gazette 1982, No. G12, p. 3) Remainder: 1 Sept 1981	Ss. 14(2), 17(2), 29(2), 37(2) and 44-47
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981	176, 1981	2 Dec 1981	Part XII (ss. 44, 45): 1 Sept 1981 (c)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981	176, 1981	2 Dec 1981	Part XIX (s. 68): 30 Dec 1981 (d)	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982	49, 1982	9 June 1982	Ss. 5 and 7: 1 Feb 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S24) Ss. 6, 8, 12(1) and 45: 1 Nov 1982 (see Gazette 1982, No. S227, p. 2) Ss. 10, 11 and 41: (e) S. 35: 7 July 1982 Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 4(2), 5(2), 7(2), (3), 9(2), 26(2), 30(2), 31(2) and 39
as amended by
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1991	211, 1991	24 Dec 1991	(see 211, 1991 below)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982	80, 1982	22 Sept 1982	Part LXXVII (s. 280): Royal Assent (f)	S. 280(2) and (3)
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1982	112, 1982	8 Nov 1982	Ss. 4(1), (4), 14(2) and (4): 1 Nov 1982 Ss. 4(2), 5(1), 7, 9, 24(1), 25, 26, 29(2), 31, 32(2) and 40: 1 Jan 1983 Ss. 4(3), 5(2), 14(3) and 24(2): 1 Mar 1983 S. 6(2): 1 Apr 1983 S. 6(3): 1 May 1983 S. 8: 1 Nov 1982 (see s. 2(7) and Gazette 1982, No. S227, p. 2) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 4(4)
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1983	54, 1983	1 Oct 1983	Ss. 1-3, 4(1), 31(1), 32(4)-(8), 39, 45, 64-67, 70-82, 83(1), 85-88, 89(2), 95-99, 115(1), 119(1), 120(1), 123, 124, 126, 128 and 129: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Feb 1984	Ss. 2(3), 5(2), 18(2), (3), 32(2)-(8), 38(2), 49(2), 133, 134(1), 135 and 136
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983	139, 1983	22 Dec 1983	Ss. 3, 4(1), (3)-(6), 5(1), (2) and 13-17: Royal Assent (g) S. 4(2): 1 Dec 1983 (g) S. 5(3): 1 May 1984 (g) Ss. 6(1), (3) and 7(1), (3): 14 Nov 1983 (g) Ss. 6(2), (4), 7(2), (4), 8, 9 and 12: 1 Feb 1984 (g) Ss. 10 and 11: 1 Oct 1983 (g)	Ss. 2(3), (4), 4(4)-(6), 6(3), (4), 7(3), (4), 10(2), 11(2), 13(2), 14(2) and 15(2)
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1984	15, 1984	12 Apr 1984	12 Apr 1984	S. 3(2)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Self-Determination (Consequential Amendments) Act 1984	46, 1984	25 June 1984	Part VII (ss. 22-26): 6 Apr 1984 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Public Service Reform Act 1984	63, 1984	25 June 1984	S. 151(1): 1 July 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S245) (h)	S. 151(9)
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: (j)	--
Christmas Island Administration (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984	120, 1984	18 Oct 1984	Part VII (ss. 27-31): 1 Oct 1984 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1984	135, 1984	25 Oct 1984	Ss. 6, 8 and 9: Royal Assent (k) S. 7: 1 Feb 1984 (k)	S. 8(2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984	165, 1984	25 Oct 1984	Ss. 3 and 4: 13 Dec 1984 (see Gazette 1984, No. S519) (l)	Ss. 2(32), 6(1) and 9
National Welfare Fund Repeal Act 1985	24, 1985	22 May 1985	Ss. 3 and 4: 1 July 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S232) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985	65, 1985	5 June 1985	S. 3: (m)	S. 9
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1985	70, 1985	5 June 1985	Ss. 1-3 and 11: Royal Assent Ss. 6, 8, 9 and 12-21: 1 Sept 1985 Remainder: 1 Sept 1985 (see Gazette 1985, No. S346)	--
Social Security and Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1985	95, 1985	5 Sept 1985	Part IX (ss. 55, 56): Royal Assent (n)	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1985	167, 1985	16 Dec 1985	Ss. 1-25, 26(2), 27, 37, 38, 42, 43, 55, 57, 65-70 and 72-74: 16 Dec 1985 S. 28: 1 Feb 1984 S. 30: 5 Sept 1985 Ss. 58-64: 1 May 1985 Remainder: 22 Feb 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S64)	S. 56
Veterans' Entitlements (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986	28, 1986	19 May 1986	S. 61: Royal Assent Remainder: 22 May 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S225)	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1986	75, 1986	24 June 1986	Ss. 1-3, 19(2), 23, 47(1) and 53: 22 July 1986 Ss. 4(1), 11, 15, 17, 18, 19(1), 22, 24, 26-44, 48, 49 and 54: 1 Aug 1987 (see Gazette 1987, No. S195) S. 4(2): 1 July 1986 Ss. 4(3), 6, 7, 51 and 52: 1 Aug 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S377) S. 5: (o) Ss. 8-10, 12-14, 16, 20, 21 and 47(2): 26 Sept 1986 (see Gazette 1986, No. S492) S. 25: 6 June 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S154) Ss. 45 and 46: 22 Feb 1986 S. 50: 16 Dec 1985	Ss. 12(2), 13(2), 15(2), 16(2), 18(2), 19(2), 23(2), 38(2), 52(2), 53(2) and 54
as amended by
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987	141, 1987	18 Dec 1987	S. 3: (p)	S. 5(1)
Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994	116, 1994	16 Sept 1994	S. 3: Royal Assent (q)	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1986	94, 1986	13 Oct 1986	Ss. 4(1), 6-8, 10, 12, 14(2) and 36: 1 Oct 1986 Ss. 4(2), 17(2), 20, 22 and 29: 1 Apr 1987 (see Gazette 1986, No. S57) Ss. 5, 14(3), 17(1), 18, 19, 21, 23-28, 30, 32 and 35: 1 Nov 1986 Ss. 16, 31, 33 and 38(2)-(4): 1 Jan 1987 Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 5(2) and 12
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1987	44, 1987	5 June 1987	1 Aug 1987	S. 4(2)
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1987	131, 1987	16 Dec 1987	S. 4: 13 Dec 1987 Ss. 5, 6, 8(a) and 9: 1 Jan 1988 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1987	132, 1987	16 Dec 1987	Ss. 1-3, 4(d), (g), 5-7, 21, 22 and 31: Royal Assent Ss. 23-30 and 32: 1 Mar 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S58) Part V (s. 33): 1 May 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S118) Remainder: 11 Jan 1989 (see Gazette 1988, No. S411)	--
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987	141, 1987	18 Dec 1987	S. 3: Royal Assent (r)	S. 5(1)
Social Security (Review of Decisions) Act 1988	85, 1988	31 Oct 1988	1 Nov 1988	--
Industrial Relations (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988	87, 1988	8 Nov 1988	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Mar 1989 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1989, No. S53)	S. 89
Statutory Instruments (Tabling and Disallowance) Legislation Amendment Act 1988	99, 1988	2 Dec 1988	2 Dec 1988	--
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1988	155, 1988	26 Dec 1988	S. 10: 1 Jan 1989 Ss. 12 and 13: 1 July 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S228) Ss. 14 and 17: 1 July 1988 Ss. 19-26 and 28-34: 24 Jan 1990 (see Gazette 1990, No. S13) Ss. 27 and 36: 15 Mar 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S91) Part V (ss. 38-40): 24 June 1988 S. 41(2): 16 Dec 1987 S. 41(3): 6 Nov 1987 S. 41(4): 1 Mar 1989 (see s. 2(8) and Gazette 1989, No. S54) Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 8(2) and 9(2)
Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1989	59, 1989	19 June 1989	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent S. 27: 1 July 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S218) S. 35: 20 Dec 1989 Part 3 (ss. 36, 37): 19 June 1990 Remainder: 19 Dec 1989	--
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989	84, 1989	27 June 1989	Ss. 4 and 5: Royal Assent (s) S. 6: 17 Oct 1988 (s)	S. 6
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1989	95, 1989	28 June 1989	S. 10: 10 Oct 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S323) Ss. 11-16 and 18: 1 Aug 1989 Ss. 20(2), 21, 22, 53(2) and 54: 28 Dec 1989 S. 23: 15 Mar 1989 Ss. 28-33, 43 and 44: 15 Nov 1989 (see Gazette 1989, No. S355) S. 37(a)-(k) and (s): 1 June 1989 Part 5 (ss. 55-62): 1 July 1989 Part 7 (ss. 65-68): 1 Jan 1989 Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 9(2)
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989	164, 1989	19 Dec 1989	S. 5: Royal Assent (t) Ss. 6-10: 1 June 1990 (t)	--
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989	3, 1990	17 Jan 1990	Ss. 4, 26(b), (c), 28 and 31: 1 July 1990 Ss. 5 and 26(d), (e): 1 July 1990 (see Gazette 1990, No. S164) S. 14(e): 1 June 1990 S. 16: 1 July 1988 Ss. 33, 34 and 36: 1 Apr 1990 (see Gazette 1990, No. S83) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1990	106, 1990	18 Dec 1990	Ss. 12, 13 and 18: Royal Assent (u) Ss. 14-17: 1 Jan 1991 (u)	--
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990	141, 1990	28 Dec 1990	Part 4 (ss. 13-23): 1 May 1991 (v) Part 5 (ss. 24-47): Royal Assent (v)	--
as amended by
Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992	88, 1992	30 June 1992	S. 3: Royal Assent (w)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act 1990	6, 1991	8 Jan 1991	Part 5 (ss. 89, 90): 1 June 1990 (x)	--
Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Act 1991	57, 1991	24 Apr 1991	S. 4(1)(a) and (b): 1 Jan 1980 S. 4(1)(c): 1 Mar 1984 S. 4(1)(d): 15 June 1984 S. 4(1)(e): 1 July 1985 S. 4(1)(f): 14 Mar 1986 S. 5(1): 1 Aug 1986 Remainder: Royal Assent	Ss. 4(2)-(4), 5(2)-(4), 6 and 7
Social Security (Job Search and Newstart) Amendment Act 1991	68, 1991	25 June 1991	(y)	--
Social Security (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991	70, 1991	25 June 1991	(z)	--
Veterans' Entitlements (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991	73, 1991	25 June 1991	S. 19: (za) Remainder: 1 July 1991 (za)	--
Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1991	84, 1991	26 June 1991	Part 2 (ss. 3-6): Royal Assent (zb)	--
Social Security (Rewrite) Amendment Act 1991	116, 1991	27 June 1991	(zc)	--
Social Security (Disability and Sickness Support) Amendment Act 1991	141, 1991	9 Oct 1991	Part 1 (ss. 1, 2): Royal Assent Remainder: 12 Nov 1991	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1991	171, 1991	20 Nov 1991	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 1 Dec 1991	Ss. 9 and 11-14 S. 10 (am. by 136, 1992, s. 14)
as amended by
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992	136, 1992	11 Nov 1992	(see 136, 1992 below)	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991	172, 1991	20 Nov 1991	Ss. 3 and 4: 1 Dec 1991 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1991	175, 1991	25 Nov 1991	Ss. 4-12 and Schedule (Part 2): 17 Aug 1991 Ss. 13, 14, 21-24, 36-40, 42, 43(b), 44(a), 45-57, 97, 98(a), 99, 100-105 and Schedule (Part 3): 1 Jan 1992 Ss. 25-28: 20 Mar 1992 Ss. 41, 43(a) and 44(b): 1 Apr 1992 Ss. 58-73 and 75-96: 1 July 1992 S. 74: 26 Mar 1992 Part 5 (s. 106) and Schedule (Part 1): 12 Nov 1991 Schedule (Part 4): 12 Nov 1991 (see s. 2(4)) Schedule (Part 5): (zd) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health Insurance (Pathology) Amendment Act 1991	190, 1991	11 Dec 1991	11 Dec 1991	Ss. 4(2), 5(2), 6(2), 7(2), 8(2) and 9(2)
Health Insurance (Pathology) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1991	193, 1991	11 Dec 1991	S. 4(2): 1 Feb 1992 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1991	211, 1991	24 Dec 1991	Ss. 10 and 11: 29 Apr 1992 Part 5 (ss. 30, 31): 19 Aug 1991 Ss. 35, 37 and 39: 1 Apr 1992 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992	88, 1992	30 June 1992	Ss. 3 and 32-44: Royal Assent (ze) S. 45: 1 Mar 1992 (ze)	S. 45(2) and (3)
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992	136, 1992	11 Nov 1992	Ss. 38, 39(a), 41, 43, 44(d) and 49: 12 May 1954 (see s. 2(2) and Gazette 1954, p. 1179) S. 40: 1 July 1992 Ss. 46 and 47: 18 Dec 1990 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992	192, 1992	21 Dec 1992	Ss. 7, 8(a), 10 and 11: Royal Assent S. 8(b): 1 Jan 1993 (zf) S. 9: 31 Dec 1992 (zf)	S. 2 (am. by 12, 1994, s. 6)
as amended by
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1993	12, 1994	18 Jan 1994	S. 6: (zg) S. 7: Royal Assent (zg)	--
Health Insurance (Quality Assurance Confidentiality) Amendment Act 1992	201, 1992	21 Dec 1992	21 Dec 1992	--
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992	204, 1992	21 Dec 1992	21 Dec 1992	--
Medicare Agreements Act 1992	226, 1992	24 Dec 1992	Part 3 (ss. 9-12): 1 July 1993 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
as amended by
Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1995	149, 1995	16 Dec 1995	Schedule 2 (item 18): (zh)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 3 (item 40): 24 Dec 1992 (zi)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992	229, 1992	24 Dec 1992	Schedule 4 (Part 1): Royal Assent (zj)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992	230, 1992	24 Dec 1992	Schedule 3 (Part 1): 1 Jan 1993 (zk)	--
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993	76, 1993	25 Nov 1993	Ss. 29(h) and 30-32: 14 Feb 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. GN5) Ss. 29(i), 37(b), 38(b), 47 and 50(1)(d): 2 May 1994 (see Gazette 1994, No. S149) Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1993	12, 1994	18 Jan 1994	Ss. 10-17: Royal Assent (zl)	--
Health Legislation (Professional Services Review) Amendment Act 1994	22, 1994	16 Feb 1994	1 July 1994	Ss. 3 and 11-14
Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994	60, 1994	9 Apr 1994	S. 85: (zm)	--
Health Legislation (Powers of Investigation) Amendment Act 1994	85, 1994	23 June 1994	21 July 1994	S. 3 S. 2 (rep. by 19, 1996, Sch. 1 [item 1])
as amended by
Health Legislation (Powers of Investigation) Amendment Act 1996	19, 1996	28 June 1996	28 June 1996	--
Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994	116, 1994	16 Sept 1994	S. 3: (zn)	--
Drought Relief Payment Act 1994	125, 1994	18 Oct 1994	18 Oct 1994	--
Veterans' Affairs (1994-95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994	164, 1994	16 Dec 1994	Part 4 (s. 60): Royal Assent (zo)	--
Social Security (Parenting Allowance and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994	174, 1994	16 Dec 1994	Ss. 3(2) (items 159-162) and 5(2) (items 28-33): 1 July 1995 (zp) S. 5(2) (item 27): 20 Sept 1994 (zp) S. 6(2) (items 44-46): 1 Jan 1995 (zp)	--
as amended by
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995	104, 1995	29 Sept 1995	Schedule 20 (Part 2 [item 40]): (zq)	--
Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance--Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994	184, 1994	23 Dec 1994	1 Jan 1995 (zr)	--
Evidence (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	3, 1995	23 Feb 1995	S. 14: Royal Assent (zs) S. 27: (zs)	S. 14
Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) Amendment Act 1995	41, 1995	29 May 1995	S. 4(2) (items 71-78): Royal Assent (zt)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995	104, 1995	29 Sept 1995	Schedule 16 (Part 4 [items 81, 82]): Royal Assent (zu)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995	106, 1995	29 Sept 1995	S. 3(6): 1 Jan 1996 (zv)	--
as amended by
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1998	19, 1998	17 Apr 1998	Schedule 4: 1 Jan 1996 (zva)	--
Health and Other Services (Compensation) (Consequential Amendments) Act 1995	132, 1995	14 Nov 1995	1 Feb 1996 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1996, No. GN2)	--
Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1995	149, 1995	16 Dec 1995	Schedule 1 (items 56-61) and Schedule 2 (items 7-14): Royal Assent (zw)	--
Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995	164, 1995	16 Dec 1995	Schedule (items 1-4, 14-17, 19-25): 1 Jan 1996 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. (item 18)
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1995	1, 1996	9 Jan 1996	Schedule 13: 20 Sept 1996 (zx)	--
Statute Law Revision Act 1996	43, 1996	25 Oct 1996	Schedule 2 (item 60): (zy) Schedule 4 (items 82-85) and Schedule 5 (items 68-71): Royal Assent (zy)	--
Health Insurance Amendment Act 1996	54, 1996	8 Nov 1996	Schedule 1: 8 May 1997 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 2) [see Table A]
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996	75, 1996	17 Dec 1996	Schedule 1 (items 16, 17, 19): 1 Jan 1997 Schedule 2 (items 5-7, 9): 17 June 1997 Schedule 3: 1 Nov 1997 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 2 (items 8, 9) and Sch. 3 (item 10) [see Table A]
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996	84, 1996	23 Dec 1996	Schedule 14 (items 1-3) and Schedule 15: 1 July 1997 (zz)	--
as amended by
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Activity Test Penalty Periods) Act 1997	106, 1997	30 June 1997	Schedule 3 (item 9): 1 July 1997 (zza)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997	5, 1997	4 Mar 1997	S. 3 and Schedule 1 (items 51-53): Royal Assent (zzb)	S. 3 [see Table A]
Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency (Consequential Amendments) Act 1997	29, 1997	17 Apr 1997	1 July 1997 (see s. 2)	--
Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Act 1997	129, 1997	17 Sept 1997	17 Sept 1997	Sch. 1 (item 7) [see Table A]
Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997	146, 1997	9 Oct 1997	6 Nov 1997	S. 4 [see Table A]
Farm Household Support Amendment (Restart and Exceptional Circumstances) Act 1997	179, 1997	25 Nov 1997	25 Nov 1997	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997	197, 1997	11 Dec 1997	Schedule 1 (items 301-312): 20 Mar 1998 (zzc) Schedule 5: 1 July 1998 (zzc)	Sch. 1 (item 312) and Sch. 5 (item 9) [see Table A]
Health Legislation Amendment Act 1998	19, 1998	17 Apr 1998	Schedule 2 (items 1-20, 22-28, 30-32): Royal Assent (zzd) Schedule 2 (item 21): 4 Mar 1997 (zzd) Schedule 2 (item 29): 25 Oct 1996 (zzd)	Sch. 2 (item 12) [see Table A]
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1998	37, 1998	24 Apr 1998	Schedules 7 and 8: Royal Assent (zze) Schedule 10 (items 1, 2): 1 July 1997 (zze) Schedule 10 (item 3): 30 June 1992 (zze)	--
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998	45, 1998	17 June 1998	Schedule 13 (items 27-42): 1 July 1998 (zzf)	Sch. 13 (items 31, 41) [see Table A]
Financial Sector Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998	48, 1998	29 June 1998	Schedule 1 (item 82): 1 July 1998 (see Gazette 1998, No. S310) (zzg)	--
Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998	93, 1998	15 July 1998	Schedule 7 (items 18-39): 1 Apr 1998 (zzh)	--
Assistance for Carers Legislation Amendment Act 1999	13, 1999	9 Apr 1999	Schedule 2 (item 68): (zzi)	--
Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999	44, 1999	17 June 1999	Schedule 7 (items 53-58): (zzj)	S. 3(2)(e) (am. by 160, 2000, Sch. 4 [item 4])
as amended by
Financial Sector Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2000	160, 2000	21 Dec 2000	Schedule 1 (item 21): Royal Assent Remainder: 18 Jan 2001	--
A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999	83, 1999	8 July 1999	Schedule 7 (items 1-13, 15, 16): 1 July 2000 (zzk) Schedule 7 (item 14): 1 Apr 1998 (zzk)	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 1999	95, 1999	16 July 1999	Schedule 1 (items 1-7, 9-26, 28-68): 1 Aug 1999 Schedule 1 (items 8, 27): 1 Nov 1999 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 66) Sch. 1 (items 65, 67, 68) (am. by 130, 2002, Sch. 1 [items 120-123]) [see Table A]
as amended by
Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Act 2002	130, 2002	18 Dec 2002	(see 130, 2002 below)	--
Social Security (Family Allowance and Related Matters) Legislation Amendment Act 1999	114, 1999	22 Sept 1999	1 Oct 1999	--
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999	146, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 1 (items 506-508): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (zzl)	--
Further 1998 Budget Measures Legislation Amendment (Social Security) Act 1999	152, 1999	11 Nov 1999	Schedule 5 (items 46-49): 1 Feb 2000 (see Gazette 1999, No. S597) (zzm) Schedule 10: Royal Assent (zzm)	Sch. 5 (item 49) [see Table A]
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999	159, 1999	8 Dec 1999	Schedule 4 (item 1): (zzn) Schedule 4 (item 2): Royal Assent (zzn)	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Services) Act 2000	31, 2000	19 Apr 2000	19 Apr 2000	--
A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000	45, 2000	3 May 2000	Schedule 4 (item 10): (zzo)	--
Health Legislation Amendment (Gap Cover Schemes) Act 2000	72, 2000	27 June 2000	11 Aug 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S435)	S. 4 [see Table A]
Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2000	94, 2000	30 June 2000	Schedule 6: 20 Sept 2000 (zzp)	--
Migration Legislation Amendment (Parents and Other Measures) Act 2000	128, 2000	26 Oct 2000	Schedule 1: 1 Jan 2001 (see Gazette 2000, No. GN45) Remainder: 27 Oct 2000	--
Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000	137, 2000	24 Nov 2000	Ss. 1-3 and Schedule 1 (items 1, 4, 6, 7, 9-11, 32): Royal Assent Remainder: 24 May 2001	Sch. 2 (items 418, 419) [see Table A]
Health Insurance Amendment (Rural and Remote Area Medical Practitioners) Act 2000	139, 2000	24 Nov 2000	24 Nov 2000	--
Farm Household Support Amendment Act 2000	144, 2000	7 Dec 2000	Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent Remainder: 18 Dec 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S634)	Sch. 3 (items 7(2), 8) [see Table A]
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001	6, 2001	21 Mar 2001	Schedule 1 (item 1): 8 June 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. S193) (zzq)	--
Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Citizens) Act 2001	18, 2001	30 Mar 2001	Schedule 2 (items 13-15): Royal Assent (zzr)	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001	59, 2001	28 June 2001	Schedule 3 (items 7-10): 15 Dec 1998 (see s. 2(2)) Schedule 3 (item 12): 1 Jan 1999 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 2 (items 6, 8) [see Table A]
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Concession Cards) Act 2001	80, 2001	30 June 2001	1 July 2001	S. 3(2) and Sch. 2 (item 33) [see Table A]
Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001	93, 2001	20 July 2001	Schedule 1 (items 1, 3, 4, 8, 10-16): 18 Oct 2001 Schedule 1 (items 5, 6, 23-25, 28, 31, 33-38, 40-43, 45-47, 49, 53-56): 1 Dec 2001 (see Gazette 2001, No. GN41) Remainder: Royal Assent	S. 4 [see Table A]
as amended by
Statute Law Revision Act 2002	63, 2002	3 July 2002	Schedule 2 (item 12): (zzs)	--
Health and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001	111, 2001	17 Sept 2001	17 Sept 2001	S. 4 [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2002	63, 2002	3 July 2002	Schedule 1 (item 20): (zzt)	--
Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Industry Measures) Act 2002	76, 2002	8 Oct 2002	Schedule 2: 8 Apr 2003	Sch. 2 (item 8) [see Table A]
Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Act 2002	130, 2002	18 Dec 2002	Schedule 1 (items 1-118): 1 Jan 2003 Schedule 3: (zzu) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 117-119) and Sch. 2 (item 3) [see Table A]
Medical Indemnity (Consequential Amendments) Act 2002	133, 2002	19 Dec 2002	1 Jan 2003	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology and Other Measures) Act 2003	33, 2003	15 Apr 2003	Schedule 2: (zzv) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 12), Sch. 2 (item 13) and Sch. 3 (item 19) [see Table A]
as amended by
Health Legislation Amendment (Podiatric Surgery and Other Matters) Act 2004	117, 2004	13 July 2004	Schedule 1 (items 17, 18): (zzw)	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2003	84, 2003	23 Sept 2003	Schedule 2: 22 Dec 2003 Remainder: Royal Assent	--
Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Act 2004	16, 2004	18 Mar 2004	18 Mar 2004	S. 4 and Sch. 1 (item 30) [see Table A]
Medical Indemnity Amendment Act 2004	17, 2004	23 Mar 2004	24 Mar 2004	--
Health and Ageing Legislation Amendment Act 2004	50, 2004	21 Apr 2004	Schedule 1 (item 5), Schedules 3 and 4: Royal Assent Schedule 5 (items 23, 24): (zzx) Schedule 5 (items 25-30): (zzx) Schedule 5 (item 31): (zzx)	Sch. 3 (item 1) [see Table A]
Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Run-off Cover Indemnity and Other Measures) Act 2004	77, 2004	23 June 2004	Schedule 2 (item 1): 1 July 2004	--
Health Legislation Amendment (Podiatric Surgery and Other Matters) Act 2004	117, 2004	13 July 2004	Schedule 1 (items 1-4): 13 Jan 2005 Schedule 1 (item 5): Royal Assent	--
Health Insurance Amendment (100% Medicare Rebate and Other Measures) Act 2004	138, 2004	13 Dec 2004	Schedule 1: 1 Jan 2005 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 3) [see Table A]
Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005	111, 2005	6 Sept 2005	Schedule 1 (items 44-71): 1 Oct 2005 (see F2005L02671) Schedule 2 (items 206-395): 1 Oct 2005	Sch. 1 (items 62-71) [see Table A]
Medical Indemnity Legislation Amendment (Competitive Neutrality) Act 2005	126, 2005	19 Oct 2005	Schedule 1 (item 1): 1 July 2005	--
Health Legislation Amendment Act 2005	155, 2005	19 Dec 2005	Schedule 3: Royal Assent	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Safety-nets) Act 2005	163, 2005	19 Dec 2005	Schedule 1 (items 1-5): 1 Jan 2006	Sch. 1 (item 5) [see Table A]
Health Insurance Amendment (Medical Specialists) Act 2006	104, 2006	27 Sept 2006	Schedule 1: 25 Oct 2006 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 11, 12) [see Table A]
Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007	32, 2007	30 Mar 2007	Schedule 1 (items 1-5) and Schedule 2 (items 13-50): 1 Apr 2007 (see s. 2(1))	[see Note 1] Sch. 2 (item 19) [see Table A]
Health Insurance Amendment (Provider Number Review) Act 2007	58, 2007	15 Apr 2007	15 Apr 2007	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Act 2007	83, 2007	21 June 2007	Schedule 1 (item 5): 1 July 2008 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 12, 13) Sch. 1 (item 12A) (ad. by 22, 2010, Sch. 1 [item 1]) [see Table A]
as amended by
Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Act 2010	22, 2010	24 Mar 2010	Schedule 1: 1 Apr 2010	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Inappropriate and Prohibited Practices and Other Measures) Act 2007	88, 2007	21 June 2007	Schedule 1: 1 Mar 2008 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 111) and Sch. 2 (items 2-4) [see Table A]
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits) Act 2007	169, 2007	28 Sept 2007	Schedule 1 (items 1-5): Royal Assent	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Act 2007	181, 2007	28 Sept 2007	28 Sept 2007	Sch. 1 (item 4) [see Table A]
Dental Benefits (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008	42, 2008	25 June 2008	Schedule 1 (item 4): 26 June 2008 (see s. 2(1))	--
Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme) Act 2008	51, 2008	25 June 2008	Schedule 1: 1 Nov 2008 (see F2008L03447) Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (item 3) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2008	73, 2008	3 July 2008	Schedule 1 (item 27): (zzy) Schedule 4 (items 319-329): 4 July 2008	--
Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws--General Law Reform) Act 2008	144, 2008	9 Dec 2008	Schedule 9 (items 3, 5, 7-14): 1 Jan 2009	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Act 2009	101, 2009	7 Oct 2009	1 Jan 2010	Sch. 1 (item 4) [see Table A]
Personal Property Securities (Consequential Amendments) Act 2009	131, 2009	14 Dec 2009	Schedule 5 (item 23): 30 Jan 2012 (see F2011L02397)	--
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. 2) 2010	4, 2010	19 Feb 2010	Schedule 11 (item 12): 20 Feb 2010	--
Health Insurance Amendment (New Zealand Overseas Trained Doctors) Act 2010	7, 2010	19 Feb 2010	Schedule 1: 1 Apr 2010 Remainder: Royal Assent	Sch. 1 (items 13-16) [see Table A]
Statute Law Revision Act 2010	8, 2010	1 Mar 2010	Schedule 1 (item 32): Royal Assent Schedule 5 (item 137): (zzz)	--
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Act 2010	29, 2010	12 Apr 2010	Schedule 1 (items 1-66): 13 Apr 2010 Schedule 2 (items 1-3): 1 July 2010 (see s. 2(1))	Sch. 1 (items 11, 15, 21, 24) [see Table A]
Health Practitioner Regulation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010	48, 2010	31 May 2010	Schedule 1 (items 2-29): [see Note 3 and Table A]	Sch. 1 (items 26-29) [see Table A]
Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010	73, 2010	28 June 2010	Schedule 1: 29 June 2010 (see s.2(1))	--
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Act 2010	126, 2010	23 Nov 2010	Schedule 6 (item 28): 1 Dec 2010	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Act 2010	138, 2010	10 Dec 2010	11 Dec 2010	--
Statute Law Revision Act 2011	5, 2011	22 Mar 2011	Schedule 1 (item 64): Royal Assent Schedule 5 (items 113-115), Schedule 6 (items 38-46) and Schedule 7 (items 63-69): 19 Apr 2011	--
Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Act 2011	10, 2011	8 Apr 2011	9 Apr 2011	Sch. 1 (items 3, 8, 10) [see Table A]
Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011	32, 2011	25 May 2011	Schedule 4 (items 159-275): 1 July 2011 Schedule 4 (items 630-653): (zzza)	Sch. 4 (item 272) [see Table A]
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011	46, 2011	27 June 2011	Schedule 2 (items 673-679) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011	Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A]
Aged Care Amendment Act 2011	86, 2011	26 July 2011	Schedule 3 (items 18, 19): 27 July 2011	--

(a) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by section 3 only of the Administrative Changes (Consequential Provisions) Act 1976, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:

(7) The amendments of each other Act specified in the Schedule made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 22 December 1975.

(b) Sections 7 and 9 of the Health Insurance Amendment Act 1978 were repealed by subsection 44(2) of the Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1978 before a date was fixed for their commencement.

(c) The Health Acts Amendment Act 1981 was amended by Part XII (sections 44 and 45) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981, subsection 2(8) of which provides as follows:

(8) Parts XII and XIV shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 September 1981.

(d) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Part XIX (section 68) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1981, subsection 2(12) of which provides as follows:

(12) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(e) Sections 10, 11 and 41 of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1982 were repealed by section 29 of the Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1991 before a date was fixed for their commencement.

(f) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Part LXXVII (section 280) only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1982, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Sections 1, 2, 166 and 195 and Parts III, VI, VII, XVI, XXXVI, XLIV, LI, LIII, LIV, LXI and LXXVII shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(g) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 3-17 only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1983, subsections 2(1), (2) and (5)-(8) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Subsection 4(2) and sections 25 and 52 shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on 1 December 1983.

(5) Subsection 5(3) shall come into operation on 1 May 1984.

(6) Subsections 6(1) and (3) and 7(1) and (3) shall come into operation, or shall be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on 14 November 1983.

(7) Subsections 6(2) and (4), 7(2) and (4), sections 8, 9 and 12 and subsections 28(2) and (8) shall come into operation on 1 February 1984.

(8) Sections 10 and 11 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 October 1983.

(h) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by subsection 151(1) only of the Public Service Reform Act 1984, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

(4) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

(j) The Public Service Reform Act 1984 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsection 2(39) of which provides as follows:

(39) The amendment of the Public Service Reform Act 1984 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation immediately before the commencement of subsection 151(1) of that first-mentioned Act.

(k) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 6-9 only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1984, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 7 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 February 1984.

(l) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 3 and 4 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1984, subsection 2(29) of which provides that section 9 and the amendments made to the Health Insurance Act 1973 shall come into operation on the day fixed by Proclamation for the purposes of subsection 2(20) of that Act.

(m) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1985, subsections 2(1) and (21)-(23) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the twenty-eighth day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(21) The amendments of sections 3 (other than of the definition of Secretary in subsection (1)) and 23G of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 19 February 1985.

(22) The amendment of section 16C of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1984.

(23) Section 9 and the amendment of section 130A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 13 December 1984.

In pursuance of subsection 2(1) the date of the commencement was 3 July 1985.

(n) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Part IX (sections 55 and 56) only of the Social Security and Repatriation Legislation Amendment Act 1985, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(o) Section 5 of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1986 was repealed by section 3 of the Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994 before a date was fixed for its commencement.

(p) The Health Legislation Amendment Act 1986 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(15) of which provides as follows:

(15) The amendments of sections 25 and 27 of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1986 made by this Act shall come into operation or be deemed to have come into operation, as the case requires, on the respective commencements of those sections.

In pursuance of section 25 the date of commencement was 6 June 1988 (see Gazette 1988, No. S154).

In pursuance of section 27 the date of commencement was 1 August 1987.

(q) The Health Legislation Amendment Act 1986 was amended by section 3 only of the Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(r) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by section 3 only of the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1987, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(s) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 4-6 only of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1989, section 2 of which provides as follows:

2 Each provision of this Act commences, or shall be taken to have commenced, as the case requires, on the day, or at the time, shown by the note in italics at the foot of that provision.

(t) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 5-10 only of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act (No. 4) 1989, section 2 of which provides as follows:

2 Each provision of this Act commences, or is to be taken to have commenced, as the case requires, on the day, or at the time, shown by the note in italics at the foot of that provision.

(u) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 12-18 only of the Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1990, section 2 of which provides as follows:

2 Each provision of this Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day, or at the time, shown by the note in italics at the foot of that provision.

(v) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Parts 4 and 5 (sections 13-47) only of the Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1990, subsections 2(1) and (5) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(5) Part 4 commences on 1 May 1991.

(w) The Community Services and Health Legislation Act (No. 2) 1990 was amended by section 3 only of the Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(x) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Part 5 (sections 89 and 90) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act 1990, section 2 of which provides as follows:

2 Each provision of this Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, as the case requires, on the day shown by the note in italics at the foot of the provision.

(y) Section 2 of the Social Security (Job Search and Newstart) Amendment Act 1991 provides as follows:

2 This Act commences immediately after the commencement of the Social Security Act 1991.

The Social Security Act 1991 came into operation on 1 July 1991.

(z) Section 2 of the Social Security (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991 provides as follows:

2 This Act commences immediately after the Social Security Act 1991 commences.

The Social Security Act 1991 came into operation on 1 July 1991.

(za) Subsections 2(1) and (2) of the Veterans' Entitlements (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991 provide as follows:

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act commences on 1 July 1991, immediately after the commencement of the Veterans' Entitlements Amendment Act 1991.

(2) Section 19 commences immediately after the commencement of section 22.

Section 22 commenced on 1 July 1991.

(zb) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Part 2 (sections 3-6) only of the Community Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(zc) Section 2 of the Social Security (Rewrite) Amendment Act 1991 provides as follows:

2 This Act commences immediately after the Social Security (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991 and the Social Security (Job Search and Newstart) Amendment Act 1991 commence.

The Social Security (Rewrite) Transition Act 1991 and the Social Security (Job Search and Newstart) Amendment Act 1991 came into operation on 1 July 1991, immediately after the commencement of the Social Security Act 1991.

(zd) Subsection 2(5) of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1991 provides as follows:

(5) Part 5 of the Schedule commences on 12 November 1991 or, if section 3 of the Health Insurance Amendment Act 1991 commences on a later day, immediately after that commencement.

Section 3 commenced on 1 December 1991.

(ze) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 3 and 32-45 only of the Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992, subsections 2(1) and (4) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(4) Section 45 is taken to have commenced on 1 March 1992.

(zf) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 7-11 only of the Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992, subsections 2(1), (3) and (4) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(3) Paragraph 8(b) commences on 1 January 1993.

(4) Section 9 commences on 31 December 1992.

(zg) The Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992 was amended by sections 6 and 7 only of the Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 6 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of section 2 of the Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992.

Section 2 commenced on 21 December 1992.

(zh) The Medicare Agreements Act 1992 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 18) only of the Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1995, subsection 2(8) of which provides as follows:

(8) Item 18 of Schedule 2 is taken to have commenced immediately before the commencement of Part 3 of the Medicare Agreements Act 1992.

Part 3 commenced on 1 July 1993.

(zi) The Medicare Agreements Act 1992 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 40) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

(3) Each item in Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced when the Act containing the provision amended by the item received the Royal Assent.

(zj) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 4 (Part 1) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992, paragraph 2(1)(g) of which provides as follows:

(1) The following provisions commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent:

(g) Part 1 of Schedule 4;

(zk) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 3 (Part 1) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1992, paragraph 2(4)(e) of which provides as follows:

(4) The following provisions commence, or are taken to have commenced, on
1 January 1993, immediately after the commencement of the Social Security (Family Payment) Amendment Act 1992:

(e) Part 1 of Schedule 3.

(zl) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 10-17 only of the Health and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1993, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(zm) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by section 85 only of the Migration Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

(3) The remaining provisions of this Act commence immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Migration Reform Act 1992.

Section 3 commenced on 1 September 1994.

(zn) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by section 3 only of the Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsections 2(1) and (3) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(3) The insertion by this Act of section 3AA in the Health Insurance Act 1973 and the amendment made by this Act to section 23DB of that Act commence immediately after the repeal of section 5 of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1986.

Section 5 was repealed on 16 September 1994.

(zo) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Part 4 (section 60) only of the Veterans' Affairs (1994-95 Budget Measures) Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1994, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Part 1, Divisions 1 and 11 of Part 2 and Parts 3 and 4 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(zp) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by subsections 3(2) (items 159-162), 5(2) (items 27-33) and 6(2) (items 44-46) only of the Social Security (Parenting Allowance and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994, subsections 2(1), (2) and (5) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on 1 July 1995.

(2) Items 27 and 34 to 38 of Schedule 3 are taken to have commenced on 20 September 1994, and subsection 5(2) is taken to have commenced on that day to the extent necessary in order to enable those items to be taken to have commenced on that day.

(5) Paragraph 6(1)(b), subsection 6(2), sections 14 and 15 and Parts 2 and 3 of Schedule 4 commence on 1 January 1995.

(zq) The Social Security (Parenting Allowance and Other Measures) Legislation Amendment Act 1994 was amended by Schedule 20 (Part 2 [item 40]) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995, subsection 2(15) of which provides as follows:

(15) If this Act does not receive the Royal Assent before 1 July 1995, Part 2 of Schedule 20 is taken to have commenced immediately before 1 July 1995.

(zr) Section 2 of the Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance--Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994 provides as follows:

2 This Act commences on 1 January 1995 immediately after the commencement of the Student Assistance (Youth Training Allowance) Amendment Act 1994.

(zs) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by sections 14 and 27 only of the Evidence (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1995, subsections 2(1) and (13) of which provide as follows:

(1) This Part and Parts 2 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(13) Section 27 of this Act and the Schedule to this Act commence:

(a) on the day on which sections 153 and 155 of the Evidence Act 1995 commence; or

(b) if those sections commence on different days--the first day on which both of those sections are in force.

Sections 153 and 155 commenced on 18 April 1995.

(zt) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by subsection 4(2) (items 71-78) only of the Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) Amendment Act 1995, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Section 4 and Schedule 1 commence on the date of Royal Assent or 1 April 1995, whichever is the later.

(zu) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 16 (Part 4 [items 81, 82]) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(zv) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by subsection 3(6) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:

(3) Schedules 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 commence on 1 January 1996.

(zva) The Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995 was amended by Schedule 4 only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1998, subsection 2(5) of which provides as follows:

(5) Schedule 4 is taken to have commenced on 1 January 1996, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 9 to the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Family Measures) Act 1995.

(zw) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 56-61) and Schedule 2 (items 7-14) only of the Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1995, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(zx) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 13 only of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsection 2(5)(e) of which provides as follows:

(5) The following provisions commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 20 September 1996:

(e) Schedules 12, 13, 14 and 15.

(zy) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 60), Schedule 4 (items 82-85) and Schedule 5 (items 68-71) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Each item in Schedule 2 commences or is taken to have commenced (as the case requires) at the time specified in the note at the end of the item.

Item 60 is taken to have commenced immediately after the commencement of paragraph (a) of item 75 of Schedule 1 to the Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) Amendment Act 1995.

Schedule 1 commenced on 29 May 1995.

(zz) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 14 (items 1-3) and Schedule 15 only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996, subsection 2(4) of which provides as follows:

(4) Schedules 1, 2, 14, 15 and 16 commence on 1 July 1997.

(zza) The Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 9) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Activity Test Penalty Periods) Act 1997, subsection 2(9) of which provides as follows:

(9) Item 9 of Schedule 3 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 July 1997, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 14 to the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1996.

(zzb) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by section 3 and Schedule 1 (items 51-53) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (4), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(zzc) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 301-311) and Schedule 5 (items 1-8) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997, subsections 2(2) and (7) of which provide as follows:

(2) Part 3 of Schedule 1 commences on 1 July 1998. The remaining items of Schedule 1 commence on 20 March 1998.

(7) Part 3 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 5 commence on 1 July 1998.

(zzd) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 2 only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act 1998, subsections 2(1)-(3) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Item 21 of Schedule 2 is taken to have commenced on 4 March 1997, immediately after the commencement of item 51 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997.

(3) Item 29 of Schedule 2 is taken to have commenced on 25 October 1996.

(zze) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedules 7, 8 and Schedule 10
(items 1-3) only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1998, subsections 2(1), (3) and (4) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(3) Items 1 and 2 of Schedule 10 are taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997.

(4) Item 3 of Schedule 10 is taken to have commenced on 30 June 1992, immediately after the commencement of Schedule 2 to the Health, Housing and Community Services Legislation Amendment Act 1992.

(zzf) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 13 (items 27-42) only of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (10), this Act commences on 1 July 1998.

(zzg) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 82) only of the Financial Sector Reform (Consequential Amendments) Act 1998, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (14), Schedules 1, 2 and 3 commence on the commencement of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Act 1998.

(zzh) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 7 (items 18-39) only of the Social Security and Veterans' Affairs (Budget and Other Measures) Act 1998, subsection 2(9) of which provides as follows:

(9) Schedule 7 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 April 1998.

(zzi) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 2 (item 68) only of the Assistance for Carers Legislation Amendment Act 1999, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) The following provisions:

(a) Parts 1 and 4 of Schedule 1;

(b) Schedule 2 (other than items 1 and 3);

commence immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Payment Processing Legislation Amendment (Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements) Act 1998.

Note: Schedule 1 to the Payment Processing Legislation Amendment (Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements) Act 1998 commences on 1 July 1999.

(zzj) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 7 (items 53-58) only of the Financial Sector Reform (Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1999, subsections 3(2)(e) and (16) of which provide as follows:

(2) The following provisions commence on the transfer date:

(e) subject to subsection (12), Schedule 7, other than items 43, 44, 118, 205 and 207 (the commencement of those items is covered by subsections (10), (11) and (13)).

(16) The Governor-General may, by Proclamation published in the Gazette, specify the date that is to be the transfer date for the purposes of this Act.

The transfer date was 1 July 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S283).

(zzk) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 7 only of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999, subsections 2(2) and (6) of which provide as follows:

(2) Schedule 1 (Parts 1 to 5), Schedules 3 to 6, Schedule 7 (other than item 14), Schedules 8 and 9, Schedule 10 (other than items 22, 63, 66 and 67) and Schedule 11 (items 3 and 4 only) commence, or are taken to have commenced, on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 1) 1999.

(6) Item 14 of Schedule 7 is taken to have commenced on 1 April 1998.

(zzl) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 506-508) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1), and (2) of which provide as follows:

(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.

(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.

(zzm) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 5 (items 46-48) and Schedule 10 only of the Further 1998 Budget Measures Legislation Amendment (Social Security) Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (5) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (8) (inclusive), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(5) Subject to subsection (6), Schedule 5 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(zzn) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 4 only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999, subsections 2(1) and (6) of which provide as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(6) Item 1 of Schedule 4 is taken to have commenced on the same day as item 44 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 1999, immediately after the commencement of that last-mentioned item.

Item 44 of Schedule 1 commenced on 1 August 1999.

(zzo) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 4 (item 10) only of the A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000, subsection 2(9) of which provides as follows:

(9) Item 10 of Schedule 4 commences immediately after the commencement of item 16 of Schedule 7 to the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Consequential and Related Measures) Act (No. 2) 1999.

Item 16 of Schedule 7 commenced on 1 July 2000.

(zzp) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 6 only of the Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Miscellaneous Matters) Act 2000, subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:

(2) The following provisions commence, or are taken to have commenced, on 20 September 2000:

(zzq) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 1 (item 1) only of the Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2001, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:

(2) Subject to subsection (3), Schedule 1 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(zzr) The Health Insurance Act 1973 was amended by Schedule 2 (items 13-15) only of the Family and Community Services Legislation Amendment (New Zealand Citizens) Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:

(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(zzs) Subsection 2(1) (item 41) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2002 provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
41. Schedule 2, item 12	Immediately after the time specified in the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001 for the commencement of item 26 of Schedule 1 to that Act	20 July 2001

(zzt) Subsection 2(1) (item 15) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2002 provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
15. Schedule 1, item 20	Immediately after item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001 commenced	18 October 2001

(zzu) Subsection 2(1) (item 5) of the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Act 2002 provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
5. Schedule 3	Immediately after the commencement of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Concession Cards) Act 2001	1 July 2001

(zzv) Subsection 2(1) (item 3) of the Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology and Other Measures) Act 2003 provides as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
3. Schedule 2	Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to this Act	15 April 2003

(zzw) Subsection 2(1) (item 6) of the Health Legislation Amendment (Podiatric Surgery and Other Matters) Act 2004 provides as follows:

(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.

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
6. Schedule 1, items 17 and 18	Immediately after the time specified in the Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology and Other Measures) Act 2003 for the commencement of item 8 of Schedule 1 to that Act.	15 April 2003

(zzx) Subsection 2(1) (items 24-27) of the Health and Ageing Legislation Amendment Act 2004 provide as follows:

(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
24. Schedule 5, item 23	Immediately after the commencement of paragraph 16B(1)(a) of the Health Insurance Act 1973	1 May 1991
25. Schedule 5, item 24	Immediately after the commencement of subsection 16B(6) of the Health Insurance Act 1973	1 May 1991
26. Schedule 5, items 25 to 30	Immediately after the commencement of section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973	1 January 1997
27. Schedule 5, item 31	Immediately after the commencement of subsection 61(9) of the Health Insurance Act 1973	17 April 1998

(zzy) Subsection 2(1) (item 19) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2008 provides as follows:

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
19. Schedule 1, item 27	Immediately after the commencement of item 61 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 1999.	1 August 1999

(zzz) Subsection 2(1) (items 31 and 38) of the Statute Law Revision Act 2010 provides as follows:

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
31. Schedule 5, items 1 to 51	The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.	1 March 2010
38. Schedule 5, Parts 2 and 3	Immediately after the provision(s) covered by table item 31.	1 March 2010

(zzza) Subsection 2(1) (items 2 and 6) of the Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 provides as follows:

Provision(s)	Commencement	Date/Details
2. Schedules 1 to 3	1 July 2011.	1 July 2011
6. Schedule 4, Part 3	The later of: (a) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 2; and (b) the start of the day that Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Act 2011 commences. However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.	1 July 2011 (paragraph (a) applies)

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

2. Schedules 1 to 3

1 July 2011.

1 July 2011

6. Schedule 4, Part 3

The later of:

(a) immediately after the commencement of the provision(s) covered by table item 2; and

(b) the start of the day that Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Act 2011 commences.

However, the provision(s) do not commence at all if the event mentioned in paragraph (b) does not occur.

1 July 2011

(paragraph (a) applies)

Table of Amendments

ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected	How affected
Part I
S. 3 .....................................	am. No. 58, 1975; Nos. 59 and 109, 1976; No. 75, 1977; Nos. 89 and 133, 1978; Nos. 53 and 123, 1979; No. 132, 1980; Nos. 118 and 176, 1981; Nos. 80 and 112, 1982; Nos. 54 and 139, 1983; No. 46, 1984; No. 63, 1984 (as am. by No. 65, 1985); Nos. 120 and 135, 1984; Nos. 65, 70 and 167, 1985; Nos. 28, 75 and 94, 1986; No. 141, 1987; No. 155, 1988; Nos. 59, 95 and 164, 1989; Nos. 3 and 141, 1990; Nos. 68, 70, 73, 84, 172, 175, 193 and 211, 1991; Nos. 88, 136 and 226, 1992; Nos. 60, 116 and 125, 1994; No. 174, 1994 (as am. by No. 104, 1995); No. 184, 1994; No. 106, 1995 (as am. by No. 19, 1998); Nos. 149 and 164, 1995; Nos. 1, 43, 75 and 84, 1996; Nos. 29 and 197, 1997; Nos. 37, 45, 48 and 93, 1998; Nos. 44 and 83, 1999; No. 128, 2000; Nos. 59, 80 and 93, 2001; No. 130, 2002; No. 33, 2003 (as am. by No. 117, 2004); No. 117, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 104, 2006; Nos. 32, 83 and 88, 2007; No. 144, 2008; Nos. 8, 29 and 138, 2010; Nos. 5, 10 and 32, 2011
Note to s. 3(1A)..................	ad. No. 6, 2001
	rep. No. 32, 2007
Ss. 3AAA, 3AAB..................	ad. No. 117, 2004
S. 3AA ................................	ad. No. 116, 1994
S. 3A ..................................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	am. Nos. 118 and 176, 1981
	rep. No. 54, 1983
	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 132, 1987; No. 155, 1988
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 3B ..................................	ad. No. 53, 1979
	rs. No. 54, 1983
	am. Nos. 63 and 135, 1984; No. 167, 1985; No. 155, 1988; No. 95, 1989; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 32, 2007
	ad. No. 29, 2010
S. 3BA ................................	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 3C ..................................	ad. No. 135, 1984
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 99, 1988; No. 141, 1990; No. 136, 1992; No. 181, 2007; No. 5, 2011
S. 3D ..................................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 136, 1992
	rs. No. 59, 2001
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 3DA ................................	ad. No. 59, 2001
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Note to s. 3DA(3)...............	ad. No. 50, 2004
Heading to s. 3DB.............	am. No. 104, 2006
Ss. 3DB, 3DC ....................	ad. No. 59, 2001
	am. No. 104, 2006
S. 3E ..................................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 136, 1992
Ss. 3EA, 3EB......................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Ss. 3F, 3G .........................	ad. No. 95, 1989
	am. No. 136, 1992; No. 75, 1996; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Ss. 3GA, 3GB.....................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 3GC................................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 93, 2001; No. 104, 2006
S. 3H ..................................	ad. No. 95, 1989
	am. No. 3, 1990; No. 75, 1996
S. 3J....................................	ad. No. 164, 1995
	am. No. 75, 1996
	rep. No. 93, 2001
S. 3K...................................	ad. No. 164, 1995
	rep. No. 93, 2001
S. 4 .....................................	am. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 116, 1994
Note to s. 4(1)....................	ad. No. 155, 2005
S. 4AAA...............................	ad. No. 75, 1996
S. 4AA ................................	ad. No. 141, 1990
Note to s. 4AA(1)...............	ad. No. 155, 2005
S. 4AB.................................	ad. No. 75, 1996
S. 4A ..................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 95, 1989; No. 116, 1994
Note to s. 4A(1)..................	ad. No. 155, 2005
S. 4B ..................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 95, 1989; No. 43, 1996
S. 4BAA...............................	ad. No. 155, 2005
Ss. 4BA, 4BB .....................	ad. No. 75, 1986
S. 4BC ................................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 99, 1988; No. 95, 1989; No. 3, 1995
S. 4C ..................................	ad. No. 112, 1982
	am. No. 70, 1991
	rep. No. 141, 1991
	ad. No. 229, 1992
	rep. No. 80, 2001
Heading to s. 4CA ............	am. No. 197, 1997
	rs. No. 13, 1999
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 4CA ................................	ad. No. 141, 1991
	am. No. 197, 1997
	rs. No. 13, 1999
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 4D ..................................	ad. No. 164, 1989
	rs. No. 6, 1991
	am. Nos. 70 and 116, 1991; Nos. 174 and 184, 1994; No. 1, 1996; No. 84, 1996 (as am. by No. 106, 1997); No. 197, 1997; Nos. 19 and 45, 1998
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5 .....................................	rep. No. 133, 1978
	ad. No. 118, 1981 (as am. by No. 176, 1981)
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 165, 1984; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5A ..................................	ad. No. 89, 1978
	rep. No. 133, 1978
	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5B ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. Nos. 49 and 112, 1982; No. 139, 1983; No. 165, 1984; Nos. 95 and 167, 1985; No. 28, 1986; No. 131, 1987; No. 84, 1989; No. 70, 1991; Nos. 88, 192 and 230, 1992; Nos. 164 and 184, 1994; No. 104, 1995; Nos. 1 and 43, 1996; Nos. 5 and 197, 1997; Nos. 19, 45 and 93, 1998; No. 83, 1999
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5BA ................................	ad. No. 5, 1997
	am. No. 152, 1999; No. 94, 2000; No. 18, 2001
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5C ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 197, 1997
	rep. No. 80, 2001
Heading to s. 5D ..............	am. No. 1, 1996; No. 45, 1998
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5D ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 139, 1983; No. 165, 1984; No. 131, 1987; No. 164, 1989; No. 3, 1990; No. 70, 1991; No. 229, 1992; Nos. 174 and 184, 1994; No. 1, 1996; No. 45, 1998
	rep. No. 80, 2001
Heading to s. 5DA.............	am. No. 179, 1997; No. 144, 2000
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5DA ................................	ad. No. 125, 1994
	am. No. 179, 1997; No. 144, 2000
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5DB.................................	ad. No. 84, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5E ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 139, 1983; No. 165, 1984; No. 164, 1989; No. 70, 1991; No. 229, 1992
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5EA ................................	ad. No. 175, 1991
	am. No. 230, 1992; No. 106, 1995; No. 84, 1996; No. 93, 1998; No. 83, 1999
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5EAA...............................	ad. No. 83, 1999
	am. No. 45, 2000
	rep. No. 80, 2001
Heading to s. 5EB.............	am. No. 197, 1997
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5EB ................................	ad. No. 174, 1994
	am. No. 197, 1997
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5F ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984
	rs. No. 85, 1988
	am. Nos. 70 and 175, 1991; No. 174, 1994
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5G ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 164, 1989; No. 175, 1991; Nos. 125 and 174, 1994
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5H ..................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 125, 1994
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 5J ...................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 106, 1990; No. 114, 1999
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 6 .....................................	am. No. 133, 1978
	rep. No. 118, 1981
	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 65, 1985; Nos. 99 and 155, 1988; No. 43, 1996
S. 6A...................................	ad. No. 128, 2000
S. 7 .....................................	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 101, 1976; No. 43, 1996
S. 7A ..................................	ad. No. 46, 1984
	am. No. 120, 1984
S. 7B ..................................	ad. No. 111, 2001
Part II
Heading to Part II .............	am. No. 133, 1978
	rs. No. 54, 1983
S. 8 .....................................	am. No. 59, 1976; No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; No. 70, 1985; No. 75, 1986; Nos. 171 and 175, 1991; No. 88, 1992; Nos. 16 and 138, 2004; Nos. 111 and 163, 2005
S. 8A...................................	ad. No. 138, 2004
S. 9 .....................................	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; No. 16, 2004
S. 10 ...................................	am. No. 89, 1978
	rs. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 53, 1979
	rs. No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 70, 1985; No. 94, 1986; No. 44, 1987; No. 106, 1990; No. 171, 1991; No. 88, 1992; No. 41, 1995; No. 75, 1996; Nos. 19 and 37, 1998; No. 138, 2004; No. 32, 2007
Note to s. 10(1)..................	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 10AA ..............................	ad. No. 171, 1991
	am. No. 88, 1992; No. 111, 2005; No. 144, 2008; No. 32, 2011
S. 10AB ..............................	ad. No. 171, 1991
	am. No. 16, 2004
S. 10AC ..............................	ad. No. 171, 1991
	am. No. 88, 1992; No. 41, 1995; No. 16, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 10ACA............................	ad. No. 16, 2004
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2007; No. 101, 2009; No. 32, 2011
S. 10AD ..............................	ad. No. 171, 1991
	am. No. 88, 1992; No. 16, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 10ADA............................	ad. No. 16, 2004
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 101, 2009; No. 32, 2011
S. 10AE...............................	ad. No. 171, 1991
	am. No. 88, 1992; No. 16, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Ss. 10AF-10AK .................	ad. No. 171, 1991
	rep. No. 88, 1992
S. 10A ................................	ad. No. 106, 1990
	am. No. 171, 1991; No. 88, 1992; No. 37, 1998; No. 16, 2004; No. 163, 2005
Ss. 10B, 10C.......................	ad. No. 101, 2009
S. 11 ...................................	am. No. 58, 1975
	rs. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 95, 1989; No. 88, 1992
	rep. No. 75, 1996
S. 12 ...................................	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 95, 1989; No. 88, 1992; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 75, 1996
S. 13 ...................................	rs. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 155, 1988
S. 14 ...................................	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; No. 41, 1995; No. 32, 2007
S. 15 ...................................	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 53, 1979; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 172, 1991
S. 16 ...................................	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 53, 1979; No. 54, 1983; No. 43, 1996
S. 16A ................................	ad. No. 101, 1976
	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 167, 1985
	rs. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 106, 1990; No. 193, 1991; No. 136, 1992; No. 76, 1993; No. 93, 2001; Nos. 32 and 88, 2007; Nos. 29 and 138, 2010; No. 86, 2011
S. 16B ................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 75, 1986
	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 211, 1991; No. 192, 1992; No. 116, 1994; No. 164, 1995; No. 31, 2000; No. 33, 2003; No. 50, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 29, 2010; No. 32, 2011
S. 16C ................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 49, 1982; Nos. 65 and 167, 1985
	rep. No. 75, 1986
	ad. No. 141, 1990
Heading to s. 16D ............	am. No. 83, 2007
S. 16D ................................	ad. No. 33, 2003
	am. No. 83, 2007
S. 16E.................................	ad. No. 33, 2003
S. 16EA...............................	ad. No. 83, 2007
Ss. 16F, 16G .....................	ad. No. 33, 2003
S. 17 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981; Nos. 54 and 139, 1983; No. 15, 1984; Nos. 65 and 70, 1985
S. 18 ...................................	rs. No. 59, 1976
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; Nos. 46 and 120, 1984; No. 132, 1995; No. 43, 1996
S. 19 ...................................	rs. No. 59, 1976
	am. Nos. 89 and 133, 1978; No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 167, 1985; No. 43, 1996
S. 19A ................................	ad. No. 59, 1976
	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990
S. 19AA...............................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 75, 1996; No. 19, 1998; No. 93, 2001
S. 19AB...............................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 75, 1996; No. 93, 2001; No. 63, 2002; No. 50, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 7, 2010; Nos. 5 and 32, 2011
S. 19ABA ............................	ad. No. 139, 2000
S. 19AC...............................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 7, 2010
S. 19AD...............................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	rs. No. 93, 2001
	am. No. 58, 2007
S. 19B ................................	ad. No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 54, 1983
	rs. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 172, 1991; No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995; Nos. 95 and 159, 1999; No. 88, 2007
S. 19C ................................	ad. No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 167, 1985
	ad. No. 172, 1991
S. 19CA ..............................	ad. No. 172, 1991
S. 19CB ..............................	ad. No. 172, 1991
	am. No. 111, 2001
Heading to s. 19CC...........	am. No. 19, 1998; No. 139, 2000
S. 19CC..............................	ad. No. 75, 1996
	am. No. 75, 1996; No. 139, 2000; No. 111, 2001
Note to s. 19CC.................	ad. No. 139, 2000
S. 19D ................................	ad. No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 167, 1985; No. 141, 1990; No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995; No. 43, 1996; No. 111, 2001; No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 19DA ..............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
S. 19DB ..............................	ad. No. 84, 1991
	am. No. 88, 1992; No. 29, 2010
S. 19E ................................	ad. No. 49, 1982
	rep. No. 167, 1985
S. 20 ...................................	am. Nos. 59 and 101, 1976; No. 75, 1977
	rs. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 54, 1983; No. 167, 1985; No. 136, 1992; No. 43, 1996; No. 19, 1998; No. 44, 1999; No. 59, 2001; No. 16, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 51, 2008; No. 32, 2011
S. 20A ................................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	rs. No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 167, 1985; No. 75, 1986; No. 171, 1991; Nos. 88 and 136, 1992; No. 41, 1995; No. 43, 1996; Nos. 19 and 37, 1998; No. 44, 1999; No. 72, 2000; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 20AA...............................	ad. No. 131, 2009
Ss. 20AB-20AD..................	ad. No. 37, 1998
	am. No. 76, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 20B ................................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 43, 1996; No. 19, 1998; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 20BA ..............................	ad. No. 192, 1992
	am. No. 111, 2001; No. 111, 2005; No. 29, 2010; No. 32, 2011
S. 20C ................................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 118, 1981
	rep. No. 54, 1983
	ad. No. 171, 1991
	rep. No. 88, 1992
S. 20D ................................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	rep. No. 54, 1983
	ad. No. 171, 1991
	rep. No. 88, 1992
Ss. 20E, 20F ......................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	rep. No. 54, 1983
S. 21 ...................................	am. No. 58, 1975; Nos. 59 and 101, 1976; Nos. 89 and 133, 1978; No. 132, 1980; No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983; No. 167, 1985
	rep. No. 106, 1990
	ad. No. 29, 2010
Ss. 21A-21C.......................	ad. No. 29, 2010
S. 22 ...................................	rep. No. 133, 1978
	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 99, 1988
	rep. No. 106, 1990
	ad. No. 29, 2010
Ss. 22A, 22B.......................	ad. No. 29, 2010
S. 23 ...................................	am. No. 59, 1976; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981
	rep. No. 54, 1983
Heading to s. 23A..............	am. No. 29, 2010
S. 23A ................................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 59, 1976; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983; No. 43, 1996; No. 19, 1998
S. 23B ................................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1977; No. 49, 1982; No. 167, 1985; No. 22, 1994; No. 43, 1996; No. 130, 2002
S. 23C ................................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 49, 1982
Heading to s. 23D.............	rs. No. 29, 2010
S. 23D ................................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 49, 1982; No. 141, 1990 (as am. by No. 88, 1992); No. 149, 1995; No. 130, 2002
Heading to s. 23DAA.........	am. No. 29, 2010
S. 23DAA ...........................	ad. No. 130, 2002
Part IIA
Part IIA ...............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
Division 1
S. 23DA ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. Nos. 3 and 141, 1990; Nos. 190 and 193, 1991; No. 22, 1994; No. 93, 2001 (as am. by No. 63, 2002); No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 4, 2010
S. 23DB ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 99, 1988; No. 116, 1994; No. 3, 1995
S. 23DBA ...........................	ad. No. 93, 2001
Division 2
S. 23DC .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 99, 1988; No. 190, 1991; No. 22, 1994; No. 3, 1995; No. 129, 1997; No. 130, 2002; No. 88, 2007
S. 23DD .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 190, 1991
S. 23DDA............................	ad. No. 129, 1997
S. 23DE ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
S. 23DF ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 99, 1988; No. 190, 1991; No. 22, 1994; No. 3, 1995; No. 129, 1997; No. 130, 2002
S. 23DG .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 190, 1991
S. 23DGA............................	ad. No. 129, 1997
S. 23DH .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
S. 23DJ ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rep. No. 190, 1991
S. 23DK ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 3, 1990; No. 136, 1992; No. 76, 1993; No. 111, 2005; Nos. 29 and 138, 2010; No. 32, 2011
S. 23DKA ...........................	ad. No. 85, 1994
	am. No. 111, 2001; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Division 3
S. 23DL ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
S. 23DM .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 22, 1994
Division 4
S. 23DN .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 94, 1986; No. 99, 1988; No. 141, 1990; Nos. 84 and 190, 1991; No. 88, 1992; No. 12, 1994; No. 3, 1995; No. 129, 1997; No. 88, 2007
Heading to s. 23DNA .......	am. No. 88, 2007
S. 23DNA ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 12, 1994; No. 149, 1995; No. 104, 2006; No. 88, 2007
S. 23DNAAA.......................	ad. No. 129, 1997
Division 4A
Div. 4A of Part IIA ..............	ad. No. 193, 1991
S. 23DNAA .........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 76, 1993
	rep. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNB ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 204, 1992
	rs. No. 116, 1994
	rep. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNBA .........................	ad. No. 93, 2001
	am. No. 88, 2007
S. 23DNBB .........................	ad. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNC ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 204, 1992; No. 76, 1993
	rep. No. 116, 1994
S. 23DND ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 204, 1992; Nos. 12 and 116, 1994
	rep. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNE ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 204, 1992; No. 116, 1994
	rep. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNF ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	rep. No. 93, 2001
Ss. 23DNG, 23DNH...........	ad. No. 193, 1991
	rs. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNI ............................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 76, 1993; No. 116, 1994
	rs. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNJ ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 93, 2001
Heading to s. 23DNK .......	am. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNK ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 116, 1994
	rs. No. 129, 1997
	am. Nos. 93 and 111, 2001; No. 88, 2007
Note to s. 23DNK(2) .........	ad. No. 111, 2001
	rep. No. 88, 2007
Heading to s. 23DNL ........	am. No. 93, 2001
S. 23DNL ...........................	ad. No. 193, 1991
	am. No. 116, 1994; No. 93, 2001
Division 5
S. 23DO .............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 94, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 193, 1991; No. 76, 1993; Nos. 12 and 116, 1994; No. 164, 1995; No. 129, 1997; No. 93, 2001; No. 88, 2007
S. 23DP ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 76, 1993; No. 111, 2001; No. 88, 2007; No. 29, 2010
Part IIB
Part IIB ...............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
Division 1
S. 23DQ .............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 164, 1995; No. 111, 2001; No. 33, 2003; No. 29, 2010
S. 23DR .............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 136, 1992; No. 111, 2001; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 23DS ..............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 136, 1992; No. 85, 1994; No. 111, 2001; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Division 1A
Div. 1A of Part IIB...............	ad. No. 31, 2000
Ss. 23DSA, 23DSB.............	ad. No. 31, 2000
Ss. 23DSC, 23DSD............	ad. No. 31, 2000
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Division 2
Ss. 23DT, 23DU ................	ad. No. 141, 1990
S. 23DV ..............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	rs. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DW ............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
Heading to s. 23DX ..........	am. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DX ..............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DXA ...........................	ad. No. 33, 2003
Heading to s. 23DY ..........	am. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DY ..............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DYA ...........................	ad. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DZ ..............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DZA ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	rs. No. 164, 1995
S. 23DZB ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
S. 23DZC ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 33, 2003; No. 88, 2007
S. 23DZD ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	rs. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DZE ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
Div. 3 of Part IIB.................	rep. No. 88, 2007
S. 23DZF ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 211, 1991; No. 33, 2003
	rep. No. 88, 2007
S. 23DZG ...........................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 33, 2003
	rep. No. 88, 2007
Ss. 23DZH, 23DZJ.............	ad. No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 88, 2007
Division 4
Div. 4 of Part IIB ................	ad. No. 88, 1992
	rep. No. 22, 1994
	ad. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DZK ...........................	ad. No. 88, 1992
	rep. No. 22, 1994
	ad. No. 33, 2003
	am. No. 88, 2007
Ss. 23DZL, 23DZM ............	ad. No. 88, 1992
	rep. No. 22, 1994
	ad. No. 33, 2003
	am. No. 83, 2007
S. 23DZN ...........................	ad. No. 88, 1992
	rep. No. 22, 1994
	ad. No. 33, 2003
Ss. 23DZO-23DZS............	ad. No. 33, 2003
S. 23DZT............................	ad. No. 33, 2003
	am. No. 83, 2007
Heading to s. 23DZU .......	am. No. 8, 2010
S. 23DZU ...........................	ad. No. 33, 2003
	am. No. 83, 2007; No. 8, 2010
Ss. 23DZV-23DZZ.............	ad. No. 33, 2003
Ss. 23DZZA-23DZZI..........	ad. No. 33, 2003
Division 5
Div. 5 of Part IIB ................	ad. No. 83, 2007
Ss. 23DZZIAA-23DZZIAG	ad. No. 83, 2007
Part IIBA
Part IIBA .............................	ad. No. 88, 2007
Division 1
Ss. 23DZZIA-23DZZIC .....	ad. No. 88, 2007
S. 23DZZID ........................	ad. No. 88, 2007
	am. No. 144, 2008
S. 23DZZIE ........................	ad. No. 88, 2007
	am. No. 29, 2010
Ss. 23DZZIF-23DZZIH .....	ad. No. 88, 2007
Division 2
Subdivision A
Ss. 23DZZII, 23DZZIJ .......	ad. No. 88, 2007
Subdivision B
Ss. 23DZZIK-23DZZIM .....	ad. No. 88, 2007
	am. No. 32, 2011
S. 23DZZIN ........................	ad. No. 88, 2007
Division 3
Ss. 23DZZIO, 23DZZIP .....	ad. No. 88, 2007
Ss. 23DZZIQ-23DZZIS .....	ad. No. 88, 2007
	am. No. 32, 2011
Ss. 23DZZIT, 23DZZIU .....	ad. No. 88, 2007
Part IIC
Ss. 23DZZJ-23DZZS.........	ad. No. 33, 2003
Heading to s. 23DZZT .....	am. No. 8, 2010
S. 23DZZT .........................	ad. No. 33, 2003
	am. No. 8, 2010
Ss. 23DZZU-23DZZZ .......	ad. No. 33, 2003
Ss. 23DZZZA-23DZZZH...	ad. No. 33, 2003
Part III.................................	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 23E ................................	ad. No. 133, 1978
	rs. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 54, 1983
	rs. No. 94, 1986; No. 155, 1988; No. 226, 1992
	am. No. 226, 1992 (as am. by No. 149, 1995 and No. 43, 1996); No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 23EA ..............................	ad. No. 94, 1986
	am. No. 141, 1987; Nos. 41 and 149, 1995; No. 117, 2004
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 23EB ..............................	ad. No. 94, 1986
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 23F ................................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 226, 1992
S. 23G ................................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 65, 1985; No. 155, 1988
	rep. No. 155, 1988
S. 23H ................................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 65, 1985
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 23J .................................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 24 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 133, 1978
	rs. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 25 ...................................	am. No. 59, 1976
	rs. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 139, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 26 ...................................	am. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 27 ...................................	rs. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 28 ...................................	am. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 29 ...................................	rs. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
Ss. 29A, 29B ......................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 30 ...................................	rs. No. 101, 1976
	am. No. 118, 1981
	rep. No. 54, 1983
	ad. No. 226, 1992
	am. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007
S. 31 ...................................	rep. No. 101, 1976
	ad. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 32 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976
	rs. No. 89, 1978
	rep. No. 118, 1981
S. 32A ................................	ad. No. 89, 1978
	rep. No. 118, 1981
S. 33 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981
	rs. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 70, 1985
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 34 ...................................	am. Nos. 59 and 101, 1976; No. 133, 1978; No. 53, 1979
	rep. No. 118, 1981
S. 35 ...................................	rs. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 35A ................................	ad. No. 59, 1976
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 36 ...................................	rs. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 37 ...................................	am. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 38 ...................................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 139, 1983; No. 167, 1985
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 38A ................................	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 167, 1985
	rep. No. 94, 1986
S. 38 ................................... Renumbered s. 38B ......	rs. No. 133, 1978 No. 139, 1983
S. 38B.................................	rep. No. 32, 2007
Part IV
S. 39 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981; No. 41, 1995; No. 32, 2007
Ss. 40, 41 ...........................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 41A ................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 42A ................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
S. 42B ................................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983; No. 43, 1996
S. 43 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1977
S. 44 ...................................	am. No. 59, 1976; No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 89, 1978
S. 45 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 3, 1990; No. 43, 1996
S. 46 ...................................	am. No. 133, 1978
Part IVA
Part IVA...............................	ad. No. 54, 1996
S. 46A.................................	ad. No. 54, 1996
	am. No. 44, 1999; No. 84, 2003; No. 111, 2005; No. 144, 2008; Nos. 32 and 46, 2011
Heading to s. 46B..............	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 46B.................................	ad. No. 54, 1996
	am. No. 84, 2003; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 46C.................................	ad. No. 54, 1996
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 46D.................................	ad. No. 54, 1996
	am. No. 44, 1999; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Heading to s. 46E..............	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 46E.................................	ad. No. 54, 1996
	am. No. 19, 1998; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Part V
Heading to Part V .............	am. No. 75, 1977
Div. 1 of Part V...................	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 47....................................	rep. No. 104, 2006
Ss. 48, 49............................	am. No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 50 ...................................	am. No. 132, 1980
	rs. No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 104, 2006
Ss. 50A-50C.......................	ad. No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 51 ...................................	rep. No. 59, 2001
S. 52....................................	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 53....................................	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 43, 1996; No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 54....................................	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 55 ...................................	am. No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 56....................................	rs. No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 57....................................	am. No. 19, 1998
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 58 ...................................	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 59 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 60....................................	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 61 ...................................	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; No. 167, 1985; No. 136, 1992; No. 43, 1996; No. 19, 1998; No. 59, 2001; No. 50, 2004
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 62 ...................................	am. No. 167, 1985
	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 63....................................	rep. No. 104, 2006
S. 64 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1986
	rep. No. 104, 2006
Division 2
Heading to Div. 2 of Part V ........................................	am. No. 54, 1983
S. 65 ...................................	am. No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986
S. 66 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 54, 1983; No. 43, 1996
S. 67 ...................................	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 59, 1976; No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 132, 1980; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 136, 1992; No. 75, 1996
Ss. 68-70 ...........................	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 43, 1996
S. 72 ...................................	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 73 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 139, 1983; No. 43, 1996
S. 74 ...................................	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 43, 1996
S. 75 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 43, 1996
S. 78 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1986
Div. 2A of Part V ................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rep. No. 95, 1989
Ss. 78A, 78B ......................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rep. No. 95, 1989
S. 78C ................................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 94, 1986; No. 99, 1988
	rep. No. 95, 1989
Ss. 78D, 78E ......................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 87, 1988
	rep. No. 95, 1989
Ss. 78F, 78G .....................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rep. No. 95, 1989
S. 78H ................................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 87, 1988
	rep. No. 95, 1989
Ss. 78J-78L .......................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rep. No. 95, 1989
Div. 3 of Part V ..................	rep. No. 22, 1994
Div. 3A of Part V ................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	rep. No. 22, 1994
Division 4
Heading to Div. 4 of Part V ........................................	rs. No. 75, 1977
S. 79 ................................... (formerly s. 106H)	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 211, 1991; No. 88, 1992
Div. 4A of Part V ................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	rep. No. 75, 1977
Div. 5 of Part V ..................	rep. No. 75, 1977
Part VAA
Part VAA ............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
Division 1
S. 79A ................................	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 80 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 80A ................................	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 81 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002; No. 33, 2003; No. 50, 2004; No. 111, 2005; No. 169, 2007; No. 73, 2008; Nos. 29 and 126, 2010; No. 32, 2011
S. 82 ...................................	am. No. 58, 1975
	rs. No. 75, 1977; No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 141, 1990; No. 211, 1991; No. 88, 1992
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 82A ................................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 22, 1994
Division 2
S. 83 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999
S. 84 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994
S. 85 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997
Division 3
Heading to Div. 3 of ......... Part VAA	rs. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Heading to s. 86 ...............	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 86 ...................................	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Heading to s. 87 ...............	am. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 87 ...................................	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Division 3A
Heading to Div. 3A of ....... Part VAA	ad. No. 130, 2002
Heading to s. 88 ...............	am. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
S. 88 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 118, 1981
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Note to s. 88(1) .................	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 88A ................................	ad. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 88B ................................	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 89 ...................................	rs. No. 75, 1977; No. 22, 1994; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Heading to s. 89A .............	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 89A ................................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 89B ................................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 89C ................................	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 90 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 91 ...................................	rs. No. 22, 1994; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 92 ...................................	rs. No. 22, 1994; No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 169, 2007; No. 29, 2010; No. 32, 2011
Note to s. 92(2) .................	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 92A ................................	ad. No. 130, 2002
Heading to s. 93 ...............	rs. No. 130, 2002
S. 93 ...................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994; No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Ss. 93A-93C.......................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	rep. No. 130, 2002
Heading to s. 94 ...............	am. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
S. 94 ...................................	rs. No. 75, 1977; No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 75, 1986 (as am. by No. 141, 1987); No. 141, 1990; No. 88, 1992
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
Division 4
Subdivision A
S. 95 ...................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 49, 1982; No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 96 ...................................	rs. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 96A ................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rep. No. 22, 1994
	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 96B ................................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rep. No. 22, 1994
Subdivision B
S. 97 ...................................	am. No. 118, 1981; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1987
	rs. No. 22, 1994
S. 98 ...................................	am. No. 167, 1985
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 99 ...................................	am. No. 118, 1981; No. 167, 1985
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 100 .................................	am. No. 101, 1976
	rs. No. 118, 1981; No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 101 .................................	rs. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 102 .................................	am. No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 103 .................................	rs. No. 22, 1994; No. 95, 1999
S. 104 .................................	rs. No. 75, 1977; No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 75, 1986 (as am. by No. 141, 1987); No. 141, 1990; No. 88, 1992
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997
	rs. No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 105 .................................	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 101, 1976
	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990 (as am. by No. 88, 1992); No. 88, 1992
	rs. No. 22, 1994; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 105A...............................	ad. No. 146, 1997
	rs. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106 .................................	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1977; No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990
	rs. No. 22, 1994
S. 106AA ............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rep. No. 22, 1994
S. 106AB ............................	ad. No. 172, 1991
	am. No. 88, 1992
	rep. No. 22, 1994
S. 106A ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 49, 1982; No. 54, 1983
	rs. No. 22, 1994
S. 106B ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 118, 1981
	rs. No. 22, 1994
S. 106C ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 89, 1978; No. 176, 1981
	rs. No. 22, 1994
S. 106D ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 75, 1977
	rs. No. 49, 1982; No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 111, 2001
S. 106E ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 111, 2001
Note to s. 106E(6) .............	ad. No. 111, 2001
S. 106EA.............................	ad. No. 146, 1997
S. 106F ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 75, 1977; No. 133, 1978; No. 118, 1981
	rs. No. 49, 1982; No. 22, 1994
Ss. 106FA-106FH .............	ad. No. 49, 1982
	rep. No. 22, 1994
S. 106FJ ............................	ad. No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 54, 1983
	rep. No. 22, 1994
S. 106FK ............................	ad. No. 49, 1982
	am. No. 54, 1983; No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 22, 1994
Subdivision C
Subdiv. C of Div. 4 ............ of Part VAA	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 146, 1997
	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106G ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 49, 1982
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 146, 1997
	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 106H .............................. Renumbered s. 79 .........	ad. No. 75, 1977 No. 22, 1994
S. 106H ..............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 146, 1997
	ad. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
S. 106J................................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 146, 1997
	ad. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 106K...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 146, 1997
	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130. 2002
S. 106KA.............................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 159, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 106KB.............................	ad. No. 95, 1999
TableOfAmend0pt>	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Heading to s. 106KC.........	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106KC.............................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 106KD.............................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106KE.............................	ad. No. 130, 2002
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Subdiv. D of Div. 4 of ....... Part VAA	ad. No. 22, 1994 rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 106L................................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997
	rs. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 106M...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997
	rs. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106MA............................	ad. No. 146, 1997
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Heading to s. 106N ..........	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 106N...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997
	rs. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 32, 2011
S. 106P...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Division 5
Heading to Div. 5 of ......... Part VAA	rs. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999
Heading to Subdiv. A of ... Div. 5 of Part VAA	ad. No. 146, 1997 rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 106Q...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rs. No. 95, 1999
S. 106R ..............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rs. No. 95, 1999
S. 106S...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rs. No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002
S. 106SA.............................	ad. No. 130, 2002
Heading to s. 106T............	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106T...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rs. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
Heading to s. 106TA.........	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106TA.............................	ad. No. 95, 1999
Heading to s. 106U...........	rs. No. 95, 1999
S. 106U...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1997; No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002; No. 169, 2007; No. 29, 2010
Note to s. 106U(1).............	ad. No. 130, 2002
S. 106UAA..........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106UA.............................	ad. No. 146, 1997
	am. No. 95, 1999
S. 106V...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	rs. No. 95, 1999
S. 106W..............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999; No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 106X...............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
Subdiv. B of Div. 5 of ........ Part VAA	ad. No. 146, 1997 rep. No. 95, 1999
Division 5A
Div. 5A of Part VAA............	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106XA ............................	ad. No. 146, 1997
	rs. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106XB.............................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
Division 6
Heading to Div. 6 of ......... Part VAA	rs. No. 95, 1999
Subdivision A
Ss. 106Y, 106Z ..................	ad. No. 22, 1994
S. 106ZA ............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
S. 106ZB ............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 146, 1999
Ss. 106ZC, 106ZD..............	ad. No. 22, 1994
S. 106ZE.............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 106ZE................	ad. No. 46, 2011
S. 106ZF.............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
Subdivision B
Ss. 106ZG-106ZL .............	ad. No. 22, 1994
Subdivision C
S. 106ZM............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999
	rs. No. 146, 1999
Ss. 106ZN, 106ZP..............	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 95, 1999
Subdivision D
Subdiv. D of Div. 6 of ....... Part VAA	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106ZPA...........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 33, 2003; No. 73, 2008; No. 29, 2010
S. 106ZPB...........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 73, 2008
Ss. 106ZPC-106ZPG.........	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106ZPH..........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 73, 2008; No. 46, 2011
Note to s. 106ZPH(1).........	ad. No. 46, 2011
Ss. 106ZPI, 106ZPJ...........	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106ZPK...........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 73, 2008
Subdivision E
Subdiv. E of Div. 6 of ........ Part VAA	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106ZPL...........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
Division 7
S. 106ZPM..........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Ss. 106ZPN-106ZPQ.........	ad. No. 95, 1999
S. 106ZPR..........................	ad. No. 95, 1999
	am. No. 130, 2002
S. 106ZQ............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
S. 106ZR.............................	ad. No. 22, 1994
	am. No. 130, 2002
Heading to Part VA ...........	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 141, 1990
	rs. No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Part VA ...............................	rep. No. 95, 1999
Heading to Div. 1 of Part VA ...........................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 107 .................................	am. No. 58, 1975
	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 49, 1982; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 107A ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 49, 1982; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 22, 1994
Heading to Div. 2 of Part VA ...........................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 108 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 108A...............................	ad. No. 146, 1997
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 109..................................	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 110..................................	am. No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Ss. 111, 112........................	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 113 .................................	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Heading to Div. 3 of Part VA ...........................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 114 .................................	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 115 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995; No. 146, 1997
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 116 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 22, 1994; No. 146, 1997
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 117 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 22, 1994; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 118 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 22, 1994
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 119 .................................	am. No. 157, 1976; No. 75, 1977; No. 49, 1982; No. 75, 1986; No. 22, 1994; No. 149, 1995
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 120 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977
	rs. No. 139, 1983
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 121 .................................	am. No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Heading to Div. 4 of Part VA ...........................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 141, 1990
Div. 4 of Part VA ................	rep. No. 141, 1990
S. 122 .................................	am. No. 157, 1976
	rs. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 141, 1990
S. 123 .................................	rep. No. 157, 1976
	ad. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 141, 1990
S. 123A ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	rs. No. 75, 1977
	rep. No. 139, 1983
Ss. 123B-123D ..................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	rep. No. 75, 1977
Heading to Div. 5 of Part VA ...........................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	rs. No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 124 .................................	rs. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 95, 1999
S. 124A ..............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 141, 1990
	rep. No. 95, 1999
Part VB
Part VB ...............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
S. 124B ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 22, 1994; No. 19, 1998; No. 137, 2000; Nos. 93 and 111, 2001; No. 33, 2003; No. 88, 2007; No. 29, 2010
S. 124BA ............................	ad. No. 88, 2007
S. 124C ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
Heading to s. 124D ..........	am. No. 88, 2007
S. 124D ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 88, 2007
S. 124DA ............................	ad. No. 172, 1991
	rep. No. 22, 1994
S. 124E ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990
	rs. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 172, 1991; No. 22, 1994; No. 88, 2007
S. 124EA ............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 172, 1991; No. 88, 2007
S. 124EB ............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 88, 2007; No. 29, 2010
S. 124EC ............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 136, 1992; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
Heading to s. 124F ...........	am. No. 88, 2007
Subhead. to s. 124F(1)......	ad. No. 88, 2007
S. 124F ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 88, 2007
Note to s. 124F(4A)...........	am. No. 46, 2011
S. 124FA ............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 141, 1990; No. 88, 1992
S. 124FAA ..........................	ad. No. 172, 1991
	am. No. 22, 1994; No. 130, 2002; No. 29, 2010
Ss. 124FB, 124FC .............	ad. No. 75, 1986
	am. No. 141, 1990
S. 124FD ............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
Heading to s. 124FE ........	am. No. 88, 2007
S. 124FE ............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 88, 2007
Heading to s. 124FF ........	am. No. 88, 2007
S. 124FF ............................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 33, 2003; No. 88, 2007
S. 124G ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986
S. 124H ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 99, 1988; No. 141, 1990; No. 172, 1991; No. 3, 1995; No. 88, 2007
S. 124J ...............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 172, 1991; No. 19, 1998; No. 88, 2007
S. 124K ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
Ss. 124L, 124M ..................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 111, 2001
Ss. 124N, 124P ..................	ad. No. 167, 1985
Ss. 124Q, 124R .................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986
S. 124S ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 172, 1991
S. 124T ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990; No. 172, 1991; No. 22, 1994; No. 88, 2007
S. 124U ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 19, 1998
Part VC
Part VC...............................	ad. No. 201, 1992
S. 106J................................ Renumbered s. 124V ....	ad. No. 201, 1992 No. 12, 1994
S. 106K............................... Renumbered s. 124W ...	ad. No. 201, 1992 am. No. 12, 1994 No. 12, 1994
S. 124W..............................	am. No. 93, 2001; No. 32, 2007
S. 106L................................ Renumbered s. 124X ....	ad. No. 201, 1992 No. 12, 1994
S. 106M............................... Renumbered s. 124Y ....	ad. No. 201, 1992 am. No. 12, 1994 No. 12, 1994
S. 106N............................... Renumbered s. 124Z ....	ad. No. 201, 1992 No. 12, 1994
S. 106P............................... Renumbered s. 124ZA ..	ad. No. 201, 1992 am. No. 12, 1994 No. 12, 1994
S. 106Q .............................. Renumbered s. 124ZB ..	ad. No. 201, 1992 No. 12, 1994
S. 106R .............................. Renumbered s. 124ZC ..	ad. No. 201, 1992 No. 12, 1994
Part VI
S. 125 .................................	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 101, 1976
	rs. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 53, 1979; No. 118, 1981; No. 24, 1985; No. 226, 1992
Part VIA
Part VIA...............................	ad. No. 88, 2007
Division 1
S. 125A...............................	ad. No. 88, 2007
	am. No. 32, 2011
Ss. 125B, 125C...................	ad. No. 88, 2007
S. 125D...............................	ad. No. 88, 2007
	am. No. 32, 2011
Division 2
Ss. 125E-125H...................	ad. No. 88, 2007
Part VII
S. 126 .................................	am. No. 59, 1976; No. 75, 1977; Nos. 36 and 133, 1978
	rep. No. 118, 1981
	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 70, 1985; No. 95, 1989; No. 41, 1995; No. 37, 1998; No. 32, 2007
S. 127 .................................	rep. No. 133, 1978
	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 111, 2001
S. 128 .................................	am. No. 43, 1996; No. 111, 2001
S. 128A ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; Nos. 93 and 111, 2001
S. 128B ..............................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 155, 1988
S. 128C...............................	ad. No. 19, 1998
	am. No. 32, 2007; No. 29, 2010
Note to s. 128C..................	ad. No. 32, 2007
S. 129 .................................	am. No. 75, 1977; No. 118, 1981; No. 49, 1982; No. 167, 1985; No. 43, 1996; No. 111, 2001
Note to s. 129(3) ...............	ad. No. 111, 2001
Heading to s. 129AA ........	rs. No. 88, 2007
S. 129AA ............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 54, 1983; Nos. 75 and 94, 1986; No. 193, 1991; No. 136, 1992; No. 43, 1996; No. 111, 2001; Nos. 32 and 88, 2007; No. 29, 2010
Note to s. 129AA(5) ..........	ad. No. 111, 2001
S. 129AAA ..........................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 75, 1986; No. 193, 1991; No. 192, 1992; No. 85, 1994; No. 129, 1997; No. 93, 2001
	rep. No. 88, 2007
S. 129AAB ..........................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 111, 2001
S. 129AAC .........................	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 3, 1990; No. 111, 2005; No. 88, 2007; No. 29, 2010; No. 32, 2011
S. 129AAD..........................	ad. No. 10, 2011
	am. No. 32, 2011
Ss. 129AAE, 129AAF..........	ad. No. 10, 2011
Ss. 129AAG-129AAJ.........	ad. No. 10, 2011
	am. No. 32, 2011
S. 129AB ............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 118, 1981
	rep. No. 85, 1994
Heading to s. 129AC ........	rs. No. 10, 2011
Subhead. to s. 129AC(1) ..	ad. No. 10, 2011
Subhead. to s. 129AC(2) ..	ad. No. 10, 2011
S. 129AC ............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 118, 1981
	rep. No. 139, 1983
	ad. No. 167, 1985
	am. No. 136, 1992; No. 111, 2005; Nos. 10 and 32, 2011
S. 129AD ............................	ad. No. 75, 1977
	am. No. 49, 1982; No. 75, 1986; No. 141, 1990 (as am. by No. 88, 1992); No. 22, 1994; No. 130, 2002; No. 88, 2007
S. 129AE ............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
Ss. 129AEA-129AEC.........	ad. No. 10, 2011
	am. No. 32, 2011
S. 129AF ............................	ad. No. 141, 1990
	am. No. 136, 1992; No. 111, 2005; No. 32, 2011
S. 129A ..............................	ad. No. 58, 1975
	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 43, 1996
S. 130 .................................	am. No. 133, 1978; Nos. 49 and 112, 1982; No. 54, 1983; Nos. 63 and 165, 1984; No. 167, 1985; No. 94, 1986; Nos. 3 and 106, 1990; No. 136, 1992; No. 12, 1994; Nos. 132 and 164, 1995; Nos. 54 and 75, 1996; No. 29, 1997; No. 19, 1998; Nos. 95 and 146, 1999; No. 111, 2001; No. 133, 2002; Nos. 17 and 77, 2004; Nos. 111 and 126, 2005; Nos. 32 and 88, 2007; No. 42, 2008; No. 29, 2010; Nos. 5 and 32, 2011
Note to s. 130(18)..............	ad. No. 111, 2001
Note to s. 130(20)..............	ad. No. 111, 2001
S. 130AA ............................	ad. No. 139, 1983
	am. No. 167, 1985; No. 88, 2007
S. 130A ..............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 139, 1983; No. 165, 1984; No. 65, 1985; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 130B ..............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. Nos. 49 and 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
Ss. 130C, 130D .................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	rep. No. 54, 1983
S. 130E ..............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 130F...............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 43, 1996
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 130G...............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 43, 1996; No. 29, 1997; No. 80, 2001; No. 111, 2005; Nos. 5 and 32, 2011
S. 130H ..............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; Nos. 63 and 165, 1984; No. 70, 1991; No. 184, 1994; No. 43, 1996; No. 45, 1998
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 130J ...............................	ad. No. 118, 1981
	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 165, 1984; No. 43, 1996; No. 29, 1997
	rep. No. 80, 2001
S. 131 .................................	am. No. 91, 1976
	rs. No. 133, 1978
	am. No. 54, 1983; No. 63, 1984; No. 67, 1985; No. 75, 1986; No. 155, 1988; No. 136, 1992; No. 43, 1996; No. 111, 2005; No. 73, 2010; No. 32, 2011
S. 131A...............................	ad. No. 29, 1997
	am. No. 111, 2005; No. 5, 2011
	rep. No. 32, 2011
S. 132 .................................	am. No. 112, 1982; No. 43, 1996
S. 133 .................................	am. No. 101, 1976; No. 118, 1981; No. 54, 1983; No. 94, 1986; No. 43, 1996; No. 129, 1997
Schedule 1 ........................	am. No. 58, 1975; No. 75, 1986; No. 57, 1991
	rep. No. 116, 1994
Schedule 1A ......................	ad. No. 75, 1986
	rs. No. 95, 1989
	am. No. 57, 1991
	rep. No. 116, 1994
Schedule 2 ........................	rs. No. 101, 1976
	am. No. 133, 1978; No. 53, 1979
	rep. No. 118, 1981
	ad. No. 54, 1983
	am. No. 70, 1985; No. 94, 1986; No. 155, 1988
	rep. No. 226, 1992
Schedule 2A ......................	ad. No. 226, 1992
	rep. No. 32, 2007

Table A

Application, saving or transitional provisions

Health Insurance Amendment Act 1996 (No. 54, 1996)

Schedule 1

2 Saving

The Australian Childhood Immunisation Register that was, immediately before the commencement of item 1, kept under regulation 3 of the Health Insurance Commission Regulations is taken to be kept under the Part inserted in the Health Insurance Act 1973 by that item.

Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996 (No. 75, 1996)

Schedule 2

8 Saving provision--greatest permissible gap

Subsection 10(5) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force before the commencement of this item, continues to apply after that commencement in relation to a professional service rendered before that commencement.

9 Saving provision--increased fee in complex cases

(1) Despite the repeal of section 11 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 by this Act, that section continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to a claim for a medicare benefit in respect of a professional service, if the claim is lodged with the Commission before that commencement.

(2) Despite the repeal of section 12 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Act, that section continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to a decision of the Commission under subsection 11(5) of that Act.

(3) Despite the repeal of paragraph 67(1)(b) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 by this Act, that paragraph continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to a claim for a medicare benefit in respect of a professional service, if the claim is lodged with the Commission before that commencement.

(4) Despite the repeal of paragraph 67(1)(c) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Act, that paragraph continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to an appeal under section 12 of that Act.

Schedule 3

10 Saving provision--determinations under subsection 3J(1)

If, immediately before the commencement of this item, a person was a person to whom a determination under subsection 3J(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 applied:

(a) the person is taken, after that commencement, to be a person to whom paragraph 3J(1)(c) of that Act applies; and

(b) the determination is taken, after that commencement, to be an exemption granted under paragraph 3J(1)(d) of that Act.

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997 (No. 5, 1997)

3 Application

(1) To avoid doubt, any provision in this Act imposing a waiting period does not apply to:

(a) a person who arrives in Australia under the refugee and humanitarian programs; or

(b) a person who is a family member of a refugee or humanitarian migrant; or

(c) a person who was a family member of a former refugee or humanitarian migrant at the time the former refugee or humanitarian migrant arrived in Australia; or

(d) a person who is an Australian citizen; or

(e) a person who is a family member of an Australian citizen; or

(f) a person who has lawfully been a permanent resident of Australia at any time for a continuous period of not less than two years; or

(g) a person who is a family member of a person who has lawfully been a permanent resident of Australia at any time for a continuous period of not less than two years.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), family member has the same meaning as in subsection 7(6D) of the Social Security Act 1991.

Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Amendment Act 1997
(No. 129, 1997)

Schedule 1

7 Saving provision--payments made in respect of pathology services

If:

(a) one or more of the following applies to the rendering of a pathology service:

(i) it was rendered by a person who was not at the time an approved pathology practitioner but in respect of whom there had, not more than one month beforehand, been in force an undertaking given by the person, and accepted by the Minister, under section 23DC;

(ii) it was rendered in a laboratory that was not at the time an accredited pathology laboratory but in respect of which there had, not more than one month beforehand, been in force an approval under section 23DN;

(iii) the proprietor of the laboratory was not at the time an approved pathology authority but, not more than one month beforehand, there had been in force in respect of the proprietor an undertaking given by the proprietor, and accepted by the Minister, under section 23DF; and

(b) after the service was rendered, the Minister has, in respect of whichever one or more of subparagraphs (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) are applicable, specified the following as mentioned in sections 23DDA, 23DNAAA and 23DGA (as the case requires):

(i) the day on which a subsequent undertaking (given by the person referred to in subparagraph (a)(i), and accepted by the Minister, under section 23DC) entered into force is taken to be the day after the day on which the undertaking referred to in that subparagraph ceased to be in force;

(ii) the day on which a subsequent approval (given under section 23DN in respect of the laboratory referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii)) took effect is taken to be the day after the day on which the approval referred to in that subparagraph ceased to have effect;

(iii) the day on which a subsequent undertaking (given by the proprietor referred to in subparagraph (a)(iii), and accepted by the Minister, under section 23DF) entered into force is taken to be the day after the day on which the undertaking referred to in that subparagraph ceased to be in force; and

(c) before the Minister so specified, the Commonwealth purported to make a payment of medicare benefit in respect of the rendering of the service; and

(d) medicare benefit would have been payable in respect of the rendering of the service if any undertaking or approval referred to in paragraph (a) that was not, at the time the service was rendered, in force had been in force at that time;

any right of the Commonwealth to recover the payment is, by force of this item, extinguished.

Health Insurance Amendment Act (No. 1) 1997 (No. 146, 1997)

4 Application of certain amendments

The amendments made by items 1, 2, 3, 7, 12 and 13 of Schedule 1 do not apply to matters referred under section 86 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 before the commencement of this Act.

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997 (No. 197, 1997)

Schedule 1

312 Saving: disadvantaged person declaration

(1) If, immediately before the introduction of parenting payment, a declaration is in force under subsection 5EB(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 in relation to a person in respect of a period, the declaration continues in force, after the introduction of parenting payment, for the remainder of the period as if it had been made in respect of the period during which the person is receiving a benefit PP (partnered).

(2) In this item:

introduction of parenting payment means the day on which Schedule 1 to the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997 commences.

Schedule 5

9 Application

The amendments made by items 2 to 8 of this Schedule apply in relation to applications under section 5B of the Health Insurance Act 1973 lodged on or after the commencement of this Schedule.

Health Legislation Amendment Act 1998 (No. 19, 1998)

Schedule 2

12 Saving provision

The amendments of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by items 6 to 11 do not affect the validity of any appointments made under Part V of that Act as in force before the commencement of this Part.

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Youth Allowance Consequential and Related Measures) Act 1998 (No. 45, 1998)

Schedule 13

31 Transitional provision for qualified recipients

Section 4D of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as amended by item 30 operates as if a person who received youth training allowance under Part 8 of the Student and Youth Assistance Act 1973 before the commencement of that item had received a social security benefit under the Social Security Act 1991 for each period for which the person received youth training allowance.

41 Saving provision

A declaration made under section 5D of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force before the commencement of this item continues in force for the period specified in the declaration, despite the amendment of that section by this Act.

Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 1999
(No. 95, 1999)

Schedule 1

65 Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule do not apply in respect of a matter (an old matter) that was referred by the Commission to the Director before the commencement of this Schedule under section 86 of the Health Insurance Act 1973, and, subject to subitems 67(3), (3A) and (4), that Act as in force immediately before that commencement continues to apply in respect of any such matter.

66 Saving provision

A person who was engaged as a consultant to a Committee under section 100 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 immediately before the commencement of this Schedule:

(a) is taken to have been engaged by the Director under section 106ZP of that Act as amended by this Schedule on the terms and conditions on which he or she was engaged by the Chairperson of the Committee; and

(b) is taken to be providing services to the Committee under an arrangement made under section 106ZPL of that Act as amended by this Schedule.

67 Transitional provisions

(1) If a Committee is considering an old matter, it is the duty of the Director to arrange for the provision of services to the Committee.

(2) A person who provides services to a Committee under an arrangement made by the Director under subitem (1) is not subject to the direction or control of the Director in connection with the provision of those services.

(3) The power conferred on a Committee by section 105A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as it continues to apply in respect of an old matter under item 65 may be exercised at any time before or during the hearing but not on or after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Act 2002.

(3A) Despite item 65, on or after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Act 2002:

(a) a Committee may exercise the power conferred on it by section 105A of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (as amended by this Schedule) in respect of an old matter; and

(b) the amendments made by this Schedule to the Health Insurance Act 1973 apply in relation to the exercise of the power by the Committee.

(4) Section 130 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as it continues to apply under item 65 does not prohibit the Commission, or an officer of the Commission, from providing to:

(a) the Director; or

(b) a Committee; or

(d) any person providing services to any of the above;

information to help the Director, Committee or Determining Officer in the performance of functions or duties, or the exercise of powers, in relation to an old matter, or to assist a person referred to in paragraph (d) in the provision of services referred to in that paragraph in respect of an old matter.

68 Definitions

In this Part:

commencement of this Schedule means the commencement of this Schedule (other than items 8 and 27).

Commission means the Health Insurance Commission established under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.

Committee means a Professional Services Review Committee set up:

(a) before the commencement of this Schedule, under section 93 of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or

(b) after that commencement, under section 93 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as it continues to apply under item 65;

to consider an old matter.

Determining Officer means the Determining Officer holding office under section 106Q of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as it continues to apply under item 65 in respect of an old matter.

Director means the Director of Professional Services Review appointed under section 83 of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

legal services means:

(a) in respect of the Committee:

(i) giving legal advice to the Committee (including legal advice in respect of the preparation of its report); and

(ii) attending hearings of the Committee to give legal assistance to the Committee in respect of the hearing; and

(b) in respect of the Determining Officer--giving legal advice to the Officer in respect of the preparation of a draft or final determination.

old matter has the meaning given by item 65.

services includes:

(a) clerical or administrative services; and

(b) investigative services; and

(d) legal services.

Further 1998 Budget Measures Legislation Amendment (Social Security) Act 1999 (No. 152, 1999)

Schedule 5

49 Saving

If a person is subject to a newly arrived disadvantaged low income resident's waiting period immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, the Health Insurance Act 1973 continues to apply to the person in relation to the waiting period as if the amendments made to that Act by this Schedule had not been made.

Health Legislation Amendment (Gap Cover Schemes) Act 2000
(No. 72, 2000)

4 Review of operation of Act

(1) The Minister must cause an independent review of the operation of gap cover schemes to be undertaken as soon as practicable after 1 July 2002.

(2) A person who undertakes such a review must give the Minister a written report of the review.

(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report of the review to be tabled in each House of the Parliament not later than 31 December 2002.

(4) In this section:

independent review means a review undertaken by persons who:

(a) in the Minister's opinion possess appropriate qualifications to undertake the review; and

(b) include one or more persons who are not employed by a registered organization, the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority and have not, since the commencement of this Act, provided services to a registered organization, the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority under or in connection with a contract.

Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 (No. 137, 2000)

Schedule 2

418 Transitional--pre-commencement offences

(1) Despite the amendment or repeal of a provision by this Schedule, that provision continues to apply, after the commencement of this item, in relation to:

(a) an offence committed before the commencement of this item; or

(b) proceedings for an offence alleged to have been committed before the commencement of this item; or

as if the amendment or repeal had not been made.

(2) Subitem (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

419 Transitional--pre-commencement notices

If:

(a) a provision in force immediately before the commencement of this item required that a notice set out the effect of one or more other provisions; and

(b) any or all of those other provisions are repealed by this Schedule; and

the amendment of the first-mentioned provision by this Schedule does not affect the validity of such a notice that was given before the commencement of this item.

Farm Household Support Amendment Act 2000 (No. 144, 2000)

Schedule 3

7 Transitional provisions

(2) Section 5DA of the Health Insurance Act 1973 has effect after the farm help scheme payment commencement day as if references in that section to farm help income support included references to restart income support.

8 Definitions

In this Schedule:

amended FHS Act means the Farm Household Support Act 1992 as amended and in force from time to time after the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 1 to the Farm Household Support Amendment Act 2000.

restart income support has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 1992 as in force immediately before the farm help scheme payment commencement day.

restart re-establishment grant has the meaning given by the Farm Household Support Act 1992 as in force immediately before the farm help scheme payment commencement day.

Health Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 2001 (No. 59, 2001)

Schedule 2

6 Transitional--regulations

(1) Regulations that were in force immediately before the commencement of this item for the purposes of subparagraph 3D(1)(a)(i) or (ii) of the old HI Act have effect, after the commencement of this item, as if they had been made for the purposes of the definition of relevant organisation or relevant qualification, as the case requires, under subsection 3D(5) of the new HI Act.

(2) Regulations that were in force immediately before the commencement of this item and that prescribed a fee for the purposes of subsection 3D(1) of the old HI Act have effect, after the commencement of this item, as if they had been made for the purposes of paragraph 3DB(3)(b).

(3) This item does not prevent the amendment or repeal of the Health Insurance Regulations by regulations made under the new HI Act.

(4) In this item:

new HI Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force after the commencement of this item.

old HI Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force immediately before the commencement of this item.

8 Application

The amendment made by item 7 of this Schedule applies to cheques given or sent under subsection 20(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 after:

(a) 1 July 2001; or

(b) if the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is after 1 July 2001--that day.

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Concession Cards) Act 2001
(No. 80, 2001)

3 Application

(2) On and after 1 July 2001, section 3 of the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Newly Arrived Resident's Waiting Periods and Other Measures) Act 1997 applies in relation to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as amended by this Act, in the same way as before that date it applied to the provisions of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

Schedule 2

33 Saving: persons subject to newly arrived low income resident's waiting periods

If, immediately before 1 February 2000, a person was subject to a newly arrived disadvantaged low income resident's waiting period, the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force immediately before 1 February 2000, continues to apply to the person in relation to the waiting period as if the amendments made to that Act by this Act had not been made.

Health Legislation Amendment (Medical Practitioners' Qualifications and Other Measures) Act 2001 (No. 93, 2001)

4 Application and transitional provisions

(1) A dental practitioner approval that was granted in writing before the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 1 may be repealed, rescinded, amended or varied under subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 as if the amendment made by that item had been in force at the time the approval was granted. For this purpose, dental practitioner approval means an approval for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of professional service in subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

(2) Despite the amendments made by items 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Schedule 1:

(a) section 3J of the Health Insurance Act 1973 continues to have effect in relation to individual exemptions granted under that section before its repeal; and

(b) sections 19AA and 19AB of that Act continue to have effect in relation to individual exemptions granted under section 3J of that Act before its repeal, as if those sections had not been amended by this Act.

For this purpose, individual exemption means an exemption that relates to an individual (rather than to a class of people).

(3) Despite the repeal of section 23DNAA of the Health Insurance Act 1973, that section continues to have effect, until the approved collection centre regime commencement, for the purposes of section 23DND of that Act.

(4) Approvals granted before the approved collection centre regime commencement under section 23DNBA of the Health Insurance Act 1973 cannot commence to have effect before that commencement.

(5) For specimens collected before the approved collection centre regime commencement, subparagraphs 16A(5AA)(d)(ii) and (iii) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (as in force immediately before that commencement) continue to have effect as if the amendments made by this Act had not been made.

(6) Despite the amendment made by item 39 of Schedule 1, section 23DNJ of the Health Insurance Act 1973 has effect until the approved collection centre regime commencement as if the reference in that section to an application for an approval included a reference to an application for a licence under section 23DNE of that Act.

(7) In this section:

approved collection centre regime commencement means the day on which the items referred to in subsection 2(2) commence.

Health and Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 111, 2001)

4 Application of amendments

(1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.

(2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.

Health Legislation Amendment (Private Health Industry Measures) Act 2002 (No. 76, 2002)

Schedule 2

8 Transitional provisions

(1) If, before the commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule:

(a) a person or body has applied to the Council under section 20AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973 for approval as a billing agent; but

(b) the Council has not completed its consideration of that application;

then:

(c) section 20AB of that Act as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments is taken to continue in force for the purpose of enabling the Council to complete its consideration of that application; and

(d) section 20AD of that Act as so in force is taken to continue to apply in relation to any review of a decision made under section 20AB as so continued in force.

(2) If, before the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule:

(a) the Council has, under section 20AC of the Health Insurance Act 1973, notified a person or body approved as a billing agent that it is considering revocation of that approval; but

(b) the Council has not made a decision in respect of the revocation;

then:

(c) section 20AC of that Act as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments is taken to continue in force for the purpose of enabling the Council to complete its consideration of any submissions made in respect of the revocation and make a decision in respect of the revocation; and

(d) section 20AD of that Act as so in force is taken to continue to apply in relation to any review of a decision to revoke made under section 20AB as so continued in force.

(3) If, before the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule:

(a) a person or body has applied to the Council under section 20AD of the Health Insurance Act 1973 for reconsideration of a decision not to approve a person or body as a billing agent or of a decision to revoke the approval of that person or body as a billing agent; but

(b) the Council has not completed its reconsideration of that decision;

section 20AD of that Act as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments is taken to continue in force:

(d) if the applicant for that reconsideration subsequently seeks a review of the decision on that reconsideration by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal--so as to permit that review to be undertaken.

(4) If, before the commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule:

(a) a person or body has made application under section 20AD of the Health Insurance Act 1973 for review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal of a decision of the Council in relation to an approval of that person or body as a billing agent or the revocation of such an approval; but

(b) the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has not yet completed its review of that decision;

section 20AD of that Act as in force immediately before the commencement of those amendments is taken to continue in force so as to facilitate the completion by the Tribunal of that review.

(5) Any approval of a person or body as a billing agent made by the Council:

(a) before the date of commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule; or

(b) on or after that date by virtue of the operation of subitem (1), (3) or (4);

is to be taken, for the purposes of the operation of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force on and after that approval, to be an approval of that person or body as such billing agent by the Commission under section 20AB of that Act as amended by this Act.

(6) Any revocation of the approval of a person as a billing agent that is made by the Council:

(a) before the date of commencement of the amendments made by items 1 to 7 of this Schedule; or

(b) on or after that date by virtue of the operation of subitem (2), (3) or (4);

is to be taken, for the purposes of the operation of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force on and after that revocation, to be a revocation of the approval of that person or body as a billing agent by the Commission under section 20AC of that Act as amended by this Act.

(7) In this item:

Commission means the Health Insurance Commission established under the Health Insurance Commission Act 1973.

Council means the Private Health Insurance Administration Council established by section 82B of the National Health Act 1953.

Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review and Other Matters) Act 2002 (No. 130, 2002)

Schedule 1

117 Application--items 2, 5 and 6

(1) The amendment made by item 2 applies in relation to a person who, on or after the day on which that item commences, becomes:

(a) fully disqualified under an agreement that is in effect under section 92 of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or

(b) fully disqualified under section 105 of that Act; or

(c) fully disqualified in accordance with a direction under paragraph 106U(1)(h) of that Act contained in a final determination under section 106TA of that Act; or

(d) fully disqualified for the purposes of section 19D of that Act under section 106ZPM of that Act.

(2) The amendments made by items 5 and 6 apply in relation to determinations made after the commencement of item 63 of Schedule 1 to the Health Insurance Amendment (Professional Services Review) Act 1999.

(3) If such a determination was made before the commencement of this item, subsection 23D(3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (as amended by this Schedule) operates as if the reference in that subsection to the period allowed for the application were a reference to the period of 28 days beginning on the day of that commencement.

118 Saving and transitional--Part VAA of the Health Insurance Act 1973

Investigative and adjudicative referrals made before commencement--old law to apply

(1) Despite the amendments made by this Schedule, the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, continues to apply in relation to an investigative referral, or adjudicative referral, made before the commencement of this Schedule as if the amendments had not been made.

(2) Subitem (1) has effect subject to subitems (3) and (4).

Referrals to Committees to be made under new law

(3) Any referral to a Committee under section 93 of the Health Insurance Act 1973, made after the commencement of this Schedule, is to be made under, and dealt with in accordance with, that Act as in force after that commencement, and:

(a) if the referral is made as a result of an investigative referral, the review period for the referral is the period that was the referral period for the investigative referral; or

(b) if the referral is made as a result of the Director's investigation of a matter that was referred to the Director by a Committee under subsection 106H(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule, the review period for the referral is the period that was the referral period for the investigative referral that gave rise to the adjudicative referral made to the Committee.

Referrals back to Director to be made as requests

(4) If, after the commencement of this Schedule, a Committee makes a referral (the Committee referral) to the Director under subsection 106H(2) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force immediately before the commencement of this Schedule:

(a) the Committee referral is to be dealt with as if it were a request under section 106J of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as amended by this Schedule; and

(b) the review period for the request is to be the period that was the referral period for the investigative referral that gave rise to the adjudicative referral made to the Committee.

Director may give information to Determining Authority on commencement

(5) For the purposes of section 106S of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (as substituted by item 94), the Director may, on or after the commencement of that item, give information to the Determining Authority under that section even if the Committee's final report to which the information relates was prepared before the commencement of that item.

119 Validation of referrals

(1) This item applies to:

(a) adjudicative referrals, made before the commencement of this Schedule, that purported to refer:

(i) conduct that, in addition to the conduct specified in the referral, "otherwise constituted engaging in inappropriate practice"; or

(ii) conduct that "may have constituted engaging in inappropriate practice including by, but not limited to" the conduct specified in the referral; and

(b) investigative referrals that:

(i) gave rise to an adjudicative referral of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a); and

(ii) included the following sentence:

The attached material is provided for information only and is not intended in any way to limit the conduct referred.

(2) An adjudicative referral to which this item applies and any action taken or thing done in relation to that referral, is taken to have, and always to have had, the same force and effect it would have had if the referral had not purported to refer conduct not specified in the referral.

(3) An investigative referral to which this item applies and any action taken or thing done in relation to that referral, is taken to have, and always to have had, the same force and effect it would have had if the sentence set out in subparagraph (1)(b)(ii) had not been included in the referral.

Schedule 2

3 Saving of certificates and determinations

A certificate, or a determination, in force under the definition of prescribed dental patient in subsection 3(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 immediately before this Schedule commences, continues in effect after this Schedule commences as if it had been made under section 3BA of that Act.

Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging, Radiation Oncology and Other Measures) Act 2003 (No. 33, 2003)

Schedule 1

12 Transitional provisions

(1) The amendment made by item 10 of this Schedule applies to diagnostic imaging services rendered using diagnostic imaging procedures carried out after the earlier of the following:

(a) a single day to be fixed by Proclamation;

(b) the first day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The amendment made by item 11 of this Schedule, to the extent that it adds sections 23DZZF, 23DZZG and 23DZZH to the Health Insurance Act 1973, applies to diagnostic imaging procedures carried out after the earlier of the following:

(a) a single day to be fixed by Proclamation;

(b) the first day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Schedule 2

13 Transitional provisions

(1) The amendment made by item 11 of this Schedule applies to radiation oncology services rendered after the earlier of the following:

(a) a single day to be fixed by Proclamation;

(b) the first day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) The amendment made by item 12 of this Schedule, to the extent that it adds sections 23DZZZE, 23DZZZF and 23DZZZG to the Health Insurance Act 1973, applies to radiation oncology services rendered after the earlier of the following:

(a) a single day to be fixed by Proclamation;

(b) the first day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

Schedule 3

19 Application

The amendments made by items 16 and 17 of this Schedule apply where diagnostic imaging equipment or an employee is stationed, or remains stationed, at premises after 30 June 2003.

Health Legislation Amendment (Medicare) Act 2004 (No. 16, 2004)

4 Review of the operation of Act

(1) The Minister must initiate, by the third anniversary of the day on which this Act commences, a review of the operation, effectiveness and implications of this Act.

(2) In selecting a person to conduct the review required by this section, the Minister must seek and select a person from nominations received from independent academic institutions.

(3) The Minister must cause to be tabled in both Houses of the Parliament a copy of the report of the review within 15 sitting days of receiving the report.

Schedule 1

30 Application

(1) Before the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, the Minister must publish a notice in the Gazette specifying the extended safety-net commencement day. The day specified must not be later than the day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(2) If the Minister does not publish a notice in accordance with subitem (1), the extended safety-net commencement day is taken to be the day after the end of the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

(3) The amendments made by this Schedule apply to expenses incurred after the extended safety-net commencement day. However, expenses incurred before the extended safety-net commencement day may be taken into account for the purposes of determining whether a safety-net applies.

Health and Ageing Legislation Amendment Act 2004 (No. 50, 2004)

Schedule 3

1 Transitional--specialist recognition

(1) This item applies to a medical practitioner if, immediately before 28 June 2001, a determination was in effect under paragraph 3D(1)(c) of the old Act that the practitioner be recognised for the purposes of that Act as a specialist in a particular specialty.

(2) The Minister is taken to have made a determination (the deemed determination) under paragraph 3DB(4)(a) of the new Act that the practitioner be recognised for the purposes of the new Act as a specialist in that specialty.

(3) The deemed determination is taken:

(a) to have been made on 28 June 2001; and

(b) despite subsection 3DC(1) of the new Act, to have had effect on and after the day the determination described in subitem (1) commenced having effect.

(4) This item does not prevent the deemed determination from ceasing to be in force before or after the commencement of this item.

(5) In this item:

new Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force on and after 28 June 2001.

old Act means the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force immediately before 28 June 2001.

Health Insurance Amendment (100% Medicare Rebate and Other Measures) Act 2004 (No. 138, 2004)

Schedule 1

3 Application of amendments

The amendments made by this Schedule apply to professional services begun to be rendered on or after 1 January 2005.

Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No. 111, 2005)

Schedule 1

62 Definitions

(1) In this Part:

amend includes repeal and remake.

Board means the Board within the meaning of the old law.

Centrelink means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency.

CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of Centrelink.

Chairman means the Chairman of the Board.

commencement time means the time when this Part commences.

instrument:

(a) includes:

(i) a contract, deed, undertaking or agreement; and

(ii) a notice, authority, order or instruction; and

(iii) an instrument made under an Act or regulations; but

(b) does not include an Act or regulations.

new law means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 as in force after the commencement time.

old law means the Commonwealth Services Delivery Agency Act 1997 as in force before the commencement time.

(2) In this Part, unless a contrary intention is expressed, a reference to a law (however described) is a reference to a law of the Commonwealth.

63 CEO to continue

The person who was the CEO immediately before the commencement time continues to be the CEO immediately after the commencement time and holds office as if:

(a) his or her appointment by the Board under section 29 of the old law (the first appointment) were terminated immediately before the commencement time; and

(b) he or she were appointed for the remainder of the term of his or her first appointment by the Minister under Division 2 of Part 3 of the new law immediately after the commencement time.

64 Operation of laws--things done by, or in relation to, Centrelink

(1) If, before the commencement time, a thing was done by, or in relation to, Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman, then, for the purposes of the operation of any law after the commencement time, the thing is taken to have been done by, or in relation to, the CEO.

(2) For the purposes of subitem (1), a thing done before the commencement time under a provision amended by this Schedule has effect from that time as if it were done under that provision as amended. However, this is not taken to change the time at which the thing was actually done.

(3) The Minister may, by writing, determine that subitem (1):

(a) does not apply in relation to a specified thing done by, or in relation to, Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman; or

(b) applies as if the reference in that subitem to the CEO were a reference to the Commonwealth or to Centrelink.

A determination under this subitem has effect accordingly.

(4) The regulations may provide for a thing specified in a determination under paragraph (3)(a) to be taken to have been done by, or in relation to, a person or body other than the CEO, the Commonwealth or Centrelink.

(5) To avoid doubt, for the purposes of this item, doing a thing includes making an instrument.

(6) A determination made under subitem (3) is not a legislative instrument.

65 References in instruments

(1) If:

(a) an instrument is in force immediately before the commencement time; and

(b) the instrument contains a reference to Centrelink (however described), the Board or the Chairman;

the instrument has effect from the commencement time as if the reference to Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman were a reference to the CEO.

(2) The Minister may, by writing, determine that subitem (1):

(a) does not apply in relation to a specified reference; or

(b) applies as if the reference in that subitem to the CEO were a reference to the Commonwealth or to Centrelink.

A determination under this subitem has effect accordingly.

(3) The regulations may provide that an instrument containing a reference specified in a determination under paragraph (2)(a) has effect from the commencement time as if the reference were a reference to a person or body other than the CEO, the Commonwealth or Centrelink.

(4) A determination made under subitem (2) is not a legislative instrument.

66 Transfer of records

At the commencement time, the records and documents of Centrelink become the records and documents of the CEO.

67 Financial statements and other reporting requirements

Financial statements

(1) If:

(a) immediately before the commencement time, a law required Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman to provide financial statements for a period; and

(b) the period ends after the commencement time;

the CEO must, within 3 months after the commencement time, provide the statements for so much of the period as occurs before the commencement time.

Other reporting requirements

(2) If:

(a) immediately before the commencement time, a law required Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman to provide a report (other than financial statements) for a period; and

(b) the period ends after the commencement time;

the CEO must provide the report, as required, for so much of the period as occurs before the commencement time.

(3) If:

(a) under subitem (2), the CEO is required to provide a report for a part of a period; and

(b) the CEO is also required to provide a similar report for the remainder of the period;

the CEO may meet the requirements in a single report for the period.

Outstanding reporting requirements

(4) If:

(a) a law required Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman to provide a report (whether financial statements or otherwise) for a period that ended before the commencement time; and

(b) the report has not been provided by the commencement time;

the CEO must provide the report as required.

68 Substitution of parties to proceedings

If, immediately before the commencement time, any proceedings to which Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman was a party were pending in any court or tribunal, then, from the commencement time, the CEO is substituted for Centrelink, the Board or the Chairman as a party to the proceedings.

69 Constitutional safety net--acquisition of property

(1) If:

(a) a provision of this Schedule would result in an acquisition of property; and

(b) the provision would not be valid, apart from this item, because a particular person has not been compensated;

the Commonwealth must pay that person:

(d) failing agreement--a reasonable amount of compensation determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) Any damages or compensation recovered, or other remedy given, in a proceeding begun otherwise than under this item must be taken into account in assessing compensation payable in a proceeding begun under this item and arising out of the same event or transaction.

(3) In this item:

acquisition of property has the same meaning as in paragraph 51(xxxi) of the Constitution.

70 Delegation by Minister

(1) The Minister may, by writing, delegate all or any of his or her powers and functions under this Part to:

(a) the Secretary of the Department; or

(b) an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department; or

(2) In exercising or performing powers or functions under a delegation, the delegate must comply with any directions of the Minister.

(3) A power delegated to the CEO under subitem (1) must not be sub-delegated under subsection 12(3) of the new law.

71 Regulations

(1) The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters:

(a) required or permitted by this Schedule to be prescribed; or

(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Schedule.

(2) In particular, regulations may be made prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments or repeals made by this Schedule.

Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Safety-nets) Act 2005
(No. 163, 2005)

Schedule 1

5 Application of amendments

The amendments made by items 1 to 4 apply in relation to medical expenses incurred in the year starting on 1 January 2006 and later years.

Health Insurance Amendment (Medical Specialists) Act 2006
(No. 104, 2006)

Schedule 1

11 Transitional--continued recognition of specialists and consultant physicians

For the purposes of the Health Insurance Act 1973, if a determination under section 61 of that Act is in force in relation to a medical practitioner immediately before this item commences, then, immediately after this item commences:

(a) the determination has effect as if it had been made under section 3DB of that Act as in force at that time; and

(b) if, under paragraph 61(4)(b) of that Act, the determination had effect on and from the day on which it was made--for the purposes of subsection 3DC(1) of that Act, the day on which the determination was made is taken to have been the day specified in the determination.

12 Transitional--existing applications to be determined by the Minister under new section 3DB

If:

(a) a medical practitioner has made an application under section 3DB or 61 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force immediately before this item commences (the old application); and

(b) at that time, the old application has not yet been finally determined;

then:

(c) the medical practitioner is taken to have made an application (the new application) under section 3DB as in force immediately after this item commences; and

(d) the prescribed fee that accompanied the old application is taken to be the prescribed fee accompanying the new application.

Private Health Insurance (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2007 (No. 32, 2007)

Schedule 2

19 Savings provision relating to nursing-home type patients

Despite any amendment made by this Schedule, a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this item, a nursing-home type patient within the meaning of the Health Insurance Act 1973 is taken, after that commencement, to continue to be a nursing-home type patient within the meaning of that Act.

Health Insurance Amendment (Diagnostic Imaging Accreditation) Act 2007 (No. 83, 2007)

Schedule 1

12 Transitional provisions for existing premises and bases

(1) A proprietor of:

(a) diagnostic imaging premises; or

(b) a base for mobile diagnostic imaging equipment;

may register the premises or base for accreditation for one or more diagnostic imaging procedures, by lodging with a person designated by the Minister under subitem (5) a notice in the form (if any) approved by that person.

(2) If the proprietor of premises or a base lodges a notice under subitem (1) before 1 July 2008, the premises are, or the base is, for the purposes of section 16EA of the Health Insurance Act 1973, taken to be accredited, for the procedures specified in the notice, under a diagnostic imaging accreditation scheme. This is deemed accreditation for those procedures.

(3) The proprietor of premises that have or a base that has deemed accreditation for a procedure must apply for accreditation for that procedure under a diagnostic imaging accreditation scheme:

(a) unless paragraph (b) applies--before 1 July 2009; or

(b) if a diagnostic imaging accreditation scheme specifies another day for this purpose (which may be earlier or later)--before that other day.

(4) Deemed accreditation of premises or a base for a procedure ceases on the earliest of the following days:

(a) if the proprietor of the premises or base fails to apply for accreditation for that procedure under a diagnostic imaging scheme before the day that applies under subitem (3)--on that day; or

(b) if an approved accreditor grants accreditation for that procedure under a diagnostic imaging accreditation scheme--on the day the accreditation takes effect; or

(c) if an approved accreditor refuses accreditation for that procedure under a diagnostic imaging accreditation scheme--on the day after the proprietor's rights to reconsideration of that decision under the scheme and under section 23DZZIAD of the Health Insurance Act 1973 are exhausted or expire.

(5) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, designate a person with whom notices under subitem (1) are to be lodged.

(6) The Minister may, by signed instrument, delegate the Minister's power under subitem (5) to the Secretary of the Department or to an APS employee in the Department.

(7) A designated person may charge fees in relation to registration under subitem (1). A designated person may charge different fees in relation to different kinds of registrations.

(8) Notices cannot be lodged under subitem (1) on or after 1 July 2008.

(9) Expressions used in this item that are defined in the Health Insurance Act 1973 have the same meaning as they have in that Act.

12A Transitional provisions for providers of non-radiology services

(1) This item applies to a proprietor of diagnostic imaging premises, or of a base for mobile diagnostic imaging equipment, if:

(a) the proprietor is rendering a non-radiology diagnostic imaging procedure at the premises or base before 30 June 2010; and

(b) the premises or base is not accredited under a diagnostic imaging accreditation scheme.

(2) A non-radiology diagnostic imaging procedure is a diagnostic imaging procedure for services described in the following items in the diagnostic imaging services table:

(a) each item in subgroup 2 of Group I1;

(b) each item in subgroup 5 of Group I1;

(d) items 59971 to 59973 (inclusive);

(e) each item in subgroup 16 of Group I3;

(f) each item in Group I4.

(3) The proprietor may register the premises or base for:

(a) one or more non-radiology diagnostic imaging procedures; or

(b) one or more non-radiology diagnostic imaging procedures and one or more other diagnostic imaging procedures.

(4) The proprietor may do so by lodging a notice, no later than 30 June 2010, with the person who is designated by the Minister.

(5) If the person designated by the Minister approves a form for the notice, the notice must be in that form.

(6) The person designated by the Minister may charge a fee for lodgment of the notice.

(7) If the proprietor registers the premises or base in accordance with subitems (3) to (6), the premises or base is taken to be accredited for the diagnostic imaging procedures specified in the notice, for the purposes of section 16EA of the Health Insurance Act 1973. This is deemed accreditation for those procedures.

(8) The proprietor may add one or more diagnostic imaging procedures to the deemed accreditation by lodging a notice, no later than 30 June 2011, with the person who is designated by the Minister.

(9) The deemed accreditation applies only to the premises or base specified in the notice, and cannot be transferred to other premises or another base.

(10) The deemed accreditation is not affected by any change in the proprietor of the premises or base.

(11) The deemed accreditation ends:

(a) if a proprietor's application for accreditation for the diagnostic imaging procedures that are covered by the deemed accreditation is approved--on the day when the accreditation takes effect; or

(b) if a proprietor's application for accreditation for the diagnostic imaging procedures that are covered by the deemed accreditation is refused--on the later of the following days:

(i) 30 June 2011;

(ii) the day when the proprietor's right to have the decision to refuse the application reconsidered is exhausted or expires under the scheme or under section 23DZZIAD of the Health Insurance Act 1973; or

(12) The Minister may, by legislative instrument, designate a person with whom notices under subitem (4) are to be lodged.

(13) The Minister may, by signed instrument, delegate that power to:

(a) the Secretary of the Department; or

(b) an SES employee in the Department.

(14) Expressions used in this item that are defined in the Health Insurance Act 1973 have the same meaning as they have in that Act.

13 Delayed application of certain provisions

Sections 23DZZIAE and 23DZZIAF apply in relation to diagnostic imaging procedures carried out on or after 1 July 2008.

Health Insurance Amendment (Inappropriate and Prohibited Practices and Other Measures) Act 2007 (No. 88, 2007)

Schedule 1

111 Application, saving and transitional provisions

(1) The amendments of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Schedule do not apply in relation to:

(a) prohibited diagnostic imaging practices engaged in before the commencement of this item; or

(b) notices given under section 23DZH or 23DZJ that are in force immediately before the commencement of this item; or

(c) determinations made under section 124F, 124FE or 124FF that are in force immediately before the commencement of this item.

To avoid doubt, that Act as in force immediately before that commencement continues to apply in relation to those practices, notices and determinations.

(2) The amendments of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by items 5 and 6 of this Schedule apply to pathology services rendered after the commencement of this item.

(3) The amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by item 15 of this Schedule applies to undertakings given to the Minister under section 23DC of that Act after the commencement of this item.

(4) The amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by item 25 of this Schedule does not affect the continuity of approvals made under subsection 23DNBA(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 that are in force immediately before the commencement of this item.

(5) The amendment of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by item 30 of this Schedule applies to pathology request forms provided after the commencement of this item.

(6) The amendments of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by items 41, 92 and 97 of this Schedule do not apply to an offence against section 129AA or 129AAA of the Health Insurance Act 1973 committed before the commencement of this item.

Schedule 2

2 Definitions

In this Part:

amend includes repeal.

original Regulations means the Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations 1989 purportedly made by Statutory Rules 1989, No. 75.

3 Effect of the original Regulations before the commencement of this Schedule

(1) Subject to subitem (2), the rights and liabilities of all persons are, by force of this item, declared to be, and always to have been, the same as if:

(a) the amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule had been in force during the period:

(i) starting immediately before the time when the original Regulations purported to commence; and

(ii) ending on the commencement of this item; and

(b) regulations had been in force during that period that were in the same terms as the original Regulations, as purportedly amended from time to time during that period.

(2) This item does not affect the rights and liabilities arising between parties to a proceeding heard and finally determined by a court before the commencement of this Schedule, to the extent that those rights and liabilities arose from, or were affected by, the original Regulations (as purportedly amended as mentioned in paragraph (1)(b)).

4 Effect of the Health Insurance (Pathology Services) Regulations 1989 on and after the commencement of this Schedule

(1) The original Regulations, as purportedly in force up to the commencement of this item, have effect on and after that commencement as if the amendment made by item 1 of this Schedule had been in force during the period:

(a) starting immediately before the time when the original Regulations purported to commence; and

(b) ending on the commencement of this item.

(2) Regulations made under section 133 of the Health Insurance Act 1973 may deal with matters of a transitional, application or saving nature relating to the fact that the original Regulations (as purportedly in force as mentioned in subitem (1)) are taken to have effect as provided in subitem (1).

Health Insurance Amendment (Medicare Dental Services) Act 2007
(No. 181, 2007)

Schedule 1

4 Saving provision

A determination made under section 3C of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force before the commencement of this item, to the extent that it relates to dental health services, continues in force, despite the amendment of that section by this Act.

Health Insurance Amendment (90 Day Pay Doctor Cheque Scheme)
Act 2008 (No. 51, 2008)

Schedule 1

3 Application

The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to professional services rendered on or after the day on which this Schedule commences.

Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Act 2009
(No. 101, 2009)

Schedule 1

4 Application

Subsections 10ACA(7A) and 10ADA(8A) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 (as amended by this Schedule) apply in relation to services rendered on or after the commencement of those subsections.

Health Insurance Amendment (New Zealand Overseas Trained Doctors) Act 2010 (No. 7, 2010)

Schedule 1

13 Definitions

In this Part:

exemption condition decision means a decision under subsection 19AB(4) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 to impose one or more conditions on an exemption under subsection 19AB(3) of that Act.

exemption refusal decision means a refusal to grant an exemption under subsection 19AB(3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973.

14 Application--amendment of section 19AB

Section 19AB of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as amended by this Schedule, applies in relation to a service rendered on or after the commencement of this item.

15 Application--exemption refusal decisions

(1) Subject to subitem (2), subsection 19AC(2A) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to an exemption refusal decision made on or after the commencement of this item.

(2) Subsection 19AC(2A) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to an exemption refusal decision made before the commencement of this item as if the period of 90 days referred to in that subsection began at that commencement.

16 Application--exemption condition decisions

(1) Subject to subitem (2), subsection 19AC(3A) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to an exemption condition decision made on or after the commencement of this item.

(2) Subsection 19AC(3A) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as inserted by this Schedule, applies in relation to an exemption condition decision made before the commencement of this item as if the period of 90 days referred to in that subsection began at that commencement.

Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Act 2010 (No. 29, 2010)

Schedule 1

11 Application

The amendment made by item 10 applies in relation to a pathology service requested on or after 1 November 2010.

15 Application

Subsection 16A(7A) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 applies in relation to a pathology service rendered on or after 1 November 2010.

21 Application

Section 16B of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force after the commencement of this item, applies in relation to an R-type diagnostic imaging service requested on or after 1 November 2010.

24 Application

Subsection 20BA(1) of the Health Insurance Act 1973, as in force after the commencement of this item, applies in relation to the referral of a patient on or after 1 November 2010.

Health Practitioner Regulation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010
(No. 48, 2010)

The following provisions commence on proclamation:

Schedule 1

26 Definitions

In this Part:

commencement time means the time when this Schedule commences.

new law means the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force after the commencement time.

old law means the Health Insurance Act 1973 as in force immediately before the commencement time.

27 Regulations may provide that certain persons are taken to be general practitioners

The Governor-General may make regulations providing that persons who:

(a) at a time before the commencement time either:

(i) were registered as vocationally registered general practitioners under section 3F of the old law; or

(ii) had applied to be so registered; and

(b) satisfy any other conditions prescribed by those regulations;

are taken to be general practitioners, for the purposes of the new law, for the period specified in the regulations.

28 Saving of directions of the Minister about medicare payments in respect of services rendered

A direction of the Minister under subsection 19C(3) or (4) of the old law that is in force immediately before the commencement time is taken, on and after the commencement time, to be a direction of the Minister under subsection 19C(3) or (4) (as the case requires) of the new law.

29 Saving of directions of the Minister about rendering of unauthorised services

A direction of the Minister under subsection 19CB(1) of the old law that is in force immediately before the commencement time is taken, on and after the commencement time, to be a direction of the Minister under subsection 19CB(1) of the new law.

Health Insurance Amendment (Compliance) Act 2011 (No. 10, 2011)

Schedule 1

3 Application

Sections 129AAD, 129AAH and 129AAI of the Health Insurance Act 1973 apply in respect of a professional service that is rendered on or after the commencement of those sections.

8 Application and saving

(1) Subsection 129AC(4) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 as amended by this Act applies in relation to amounts recoverable under subsection 129AC(1) of that Act before, on or after the commencement of this item.

(2) If a person's agreement referred to in subsection 129AC(4) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 is in force, in relation to an amount, immediately before the commencement of this item, that agreement is taken to be in force for the purposes of:

(a) that amount; and

(b) that subsection as in force immediately after that commencement.

(3) Subitem (2) does not prevent the person withdrawing the agreement.

10 Application

Sections 129AEA, 129AEB and 129AEC of the Health Insurance Act 1973 apply in respect of a professional service that is rendered on or after the commencement of those sections.

Human Services Legislation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 32, 2011)

Schedule 4

272 Transitional--signature of Centrelink CEO or employee of Centrelink

Despite the amendments of section 130G of the Health Insurance Act 1973 made by this Schedule, that section continues to apply, in relation to the signature of a person who:

(a) held the office of Centrelink CEO before the commencement of this item; or

(b) was an employee of Centrelink before the commencement of this item;

as if those amendments had not been made.

Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)

Schedule 3

10 Saving--appointments

The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.

11 Transitional regulations

The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.

Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE ACT 1973 - NOTES