Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES (COMPENSATION) REGULATIONS 1995 - REG 5

(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.