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HEARING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 4 Definitions

HEARING SERVICES ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 4

Definitions

    In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"accreditation" means accreditation under the accreditation scheme.

"accreditation scheme" means the scheme in force under section   15.

"accredited service provider" means an entity accredited under the accreditation scheme.

"AHS" means Australian Hearing Services.

"available" , in relation to a hearing service, has the meaning given by section   13.

"Australian permanent resident" means a person in Australia whose presence in Australia is not subject to any limitation as to time imposed by law.

"Chief Executive Medicare" has the same meaning as in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973 .

"contracted service provider" means an accredited service provider engaged under section   20.

"data processing device" means any article or material (for example, a disk) from which information is capable of being reproduced, with or without the aid of any other article or device.

"eligible person" has the meaning given by clause   5.

"entity" means:

  (a)   an individual; or

  (b)   a body corporate; or

  (c)   a partnership; or

  (d)   an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

  (e)   a Department of the Government of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

"hearing services" means:

  (a)   services for purposes in connection with:

  (i)   hearing rehabilitation; or

  (ii)   assessment of hearing; or

  (iii)   hearing loss prevention; or

  (b)   goods for purposes in connection with:

  (i)   hearing rehabilitation; or

  (ii)   assessment of hearing; or

  (iii)   hearing loss prevention.

"participant in the voucher system" has the meaning given by section   13.

"rules of conduct" means rules of conduct formulated under section   17.

"voucher" means a voucher issued under section   10.

"voucher-holder" means a participant in the voucher system who holds a voucher.

"voucher rules" means rules formulated under section   11.