Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE AMENDMENT ACT (No. 2) 1978 No. 133 of 1978 - SECT 19

19. (1) Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-section (1) ''20 (3)''
        and substituting ''20A (1)''; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) ''medical benefit''
and substituting ''Commonwealth medical benefit''.

(2) On and after the commencement of this section-

   (a)  a reference in any undertaking in force under section 23 of the
        Principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section to
        sub-section 20 (3) of the Health Insurance Act 1973 shall be read as a
        reference to sub-section 20A (1) of that Act; and

   (b)  a reference in any such undertaking to a medical benefit shall be read
        as a reference to a Commonwealth medical benefit.