HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995 

- made under the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995

- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Name of Regulations see Note 1]    
2.  Commencement    
3.  Interpretation    
4.  What is a small amount of compensation?    
5.  Certain payments not compensation (Act s 4)    
SCHEDULE 1     Prescribed payments  

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995
- REG 1     Name of Regulations see Note 1] 

 
        These Regulations are the Health and Other Services
(Compensation)  Regulations 1995.

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995
- REG 2     Commencement 

 
        These Regulations commence on 1 February 1996.

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995
- REG 3     Interpretation 

 
        In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

"Act" means the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act
1995.

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995
- REG 4     What is a small amount of compensation? 

 
    (1)  For the purposes of subsection 38 (2) of the Act, the following
amounts are prescribed:

        (a)  in relation to an amount of compensation fixed in the period of 12 months
from the beginning of 1 February 1996 -- $150;
        (b)  in relation to an amount of compensation fixed in each succeeding period
of 12 months-an amount calculated using the formula:

[GRAPHIC]
    (2)  In the formula in paragraph (1) (b):

    (a)    amount means:

        (i)  in the application of the formula in that paragraph to the first period of
12 months -- the amount prescribed in paragraph (1) (a); and
        (ii)  in the application of that formula to a later period-the amount
calculated in the application of the formula to the preceding period of 12
months; and

        (b)  index number for the CPI September quarter means the All
Groups Consumer Price Index (being the weighted average of the 8 Australian
capital cities) published by the Australian Statistician for the period of 3
months ending on 30 September in the preceding period of 12 months.

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995
- REG 5     Certain payments not compensation (Act s 4) 

     (1)    Subject to subregulation (2), for
paragraph 4 (2) (e) of the Act, a payment is not
compensation if the following conditions are met:

        (a)  the payment is made under a provision of a Commonwealth, State or
Territory Act specified in column 2 of an item in Schedule 1; 
        (b)  if any circumstances are specified in column 3 of that item, the payment
is made in those circumstances; 
        (c)  the payment is made on or before the date (if any) specified in column 4
of that item.

    (2)  If an item in Schedule 1 specifies a date on which a provision of
a State or Territory Act is in force, and the provision is amended after that
date, subregulation (1) does not apply to payments made under the
provision after the commencement of the amendment.

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995

- SCHEDULE 1     Prescribed payments

(regulation 5)
  

Item

Provision

Circumstances

Date
for payment

1

Subdivision
1, 2 or 3 of Division 3A of Part IV of the Accident Compensation Act
1985 of Victoria, as in force on 12 December 2001

30
June 2006

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995

- NOTES

Compilation Information

[GRAPHIC]Health and Other Services (Compensation) Regulations
1995
Statutory Rules
1995
No.
441
as amended
This compilation was prepared on 26 September 2002taking into account
amendments up to SR 2002 No. 228
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,Attorney-General's
Department, Canberra

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995

- NOTES

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995Notes to the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Regulations
1995

Note 1
The Health and Other Services (Compensation) Regulations 1995 (in
force under the Health and Other Services (Compensation) Act 1995) as
shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1995 No. 441 amended as
indicated in the Tables below. 
Table of Statutory Rules

Year
and number

Date
of notification in Gazette

Date
ofcommencement

Application,
saving ortransitional provisions

1995
No. 441

22
Dec 1995

1
Feb 1996

2002
No. 228

26
Sept 2002

26
Sept 2002

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Table
of Amendments

ad.
= added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed
and substituted

Provision
affected

How
affected

R.
1

rs.
2002 No. 228

R.
5

ad.
2002 No. 228

Schedule
1

ad.
2002 No. 228