Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
"Appeal Committee" means the General Practice Recognition Appeal Committee.
(a) the Eligibility Committee or Appeal Committee; and
(b) in relation to a Chairperson or member — the Committee of which he or she is Chairperson or member, as the case may be.
"Eligibility Committee" means the General Practice Recognition Eligibility Committee.
"general practice" , for a medical practitioner, means a practice in which the practitioner is engaged predominantly in primary, continuing, comprehensive, whole-patient care to individuals, families and their community.
"Medicare Australia CEO" means the Chief Executive Officer appointed under section 8AG of the Medicare Australia Act 1973 .
"member" means a member of a Committee.
"predominantly" , for general practice, means that more than 50% of clinical time, and more than 50% of services for which medicare benefits are claimed, are in general practice.
"quarter" means a period of 3 months beginning on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July or 1 October.
"RACGP" means the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
"Register" means the Vocational Register of General Practitioners established under subsection 3F (2) of the Act.
"registration" means registration under section 3F of the Act.
"relevant medical body" means, in relation to a member of a Committee who is appointed from a panel nominated by a medical body, that body.
"the Act" means the Health Insurance Act 1973 .